Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: A problem related to php 5.4.10 and possibly others

[Dennis Clarke]

> > > We
> > > focus those resources on the platforms used by 95% of our users. Feel
> > > free to dig in and send us some patches. Needless to say, all of those
> > > tests pass on Linux, FreeBSD and likely OSX as well.
> >
> > I will try that theory out on RHEL 6.3 and let you know.
> >
> 
> PHP is hardly what I would call "fragile."  Our QA process is rather
> intensive I think.  In addition to the operating systems Rasmus mentioned,
> a lot of work goes into making sure they pass on Windows as well.

I just tried a simply build on RHEL 6 and see this : 

TIME END 2013-01-16 01:11:10

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TEST RESULT SUMMARY
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Exts skipped    :   51
Exts tested     :   26
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Number of tests : 12276              8329
Tests skipped   : 3947 ( 32.2%) --------
Tests warned    :    0 (  0.0%) (  0.0%)
Tests failed    :    2 (  0.0%) (  0.0%)
Expected fail   :   36 (  0.3%) (  0.4%)
Tests passed    : 8291 ( 67.5%) ( 99.5%)
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Time taken      :  654 seconds
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EXPECTED FAILED TEST SUMMARY
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Test open_basedir configuration [tests/security/open_basedir_linkinfo.phpt]  
XFAIL REASON: BUG: open_basedir cannot delete symlink to prohibited file. See 
also
bugs 48111 and 52176.
Inconsistencies when accessing protected members 
[Zend/tests/access_modifiers_008.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Discussion: 
http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=120221184420957&w=2
Inconsistencies when accessing protected members - 2 
[Zend/tests/access_modifiers_009.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Discussion: 
http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=120221184420957&w=2
Bug #48770 (call_user_func_array() fails to call parent from inheriting class) 
[Zend/tests/bug48770.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: See Bug #48770
Bug #48770 (call_user_func_array() fails to call parent from inheriting class) 
[Zend/tests/bug48770_2.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: See Bug #48770
Bug #48770 (call_user_func_array() fails to call parent from inheriting class) 
[Zend/tests/bug48770_3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: See Bug #48770
Bug #63336 (invalid E_NOTICE error occur) [Zend/tests/bug63336.phpt]  XFAIL 
REASON: Bug is not fixed yet
Initial value of static var in method depends on the include time of the class 
definition [Zend/tests/method_static_var.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Maybe not a bug
DateTime::add() -- fall type2 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_add-fall-type2-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various bugs 
exist
DateTime::add() -- fall type3 type2 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_add-fall-type3-type2.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various bugs 
exist
DateTime::add() -- fall type3 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_add-fall-type3-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various bugs 
exist
DateTime::add() -- spring type2 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_add-spring-type2-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::add() -- spring type3 type2 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_add-spring-type3-type2.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::add() -- spring type3 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_add-spring-type3-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::diff() -- fall type2 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_diff-fall-type2-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::diff() -- fall type3 type2 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_diff-fall-type3-type2.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::diff() -- fall type3 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_diff-fall-type3-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::diff() -- spring type2 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_diff-spring-type2-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::diff() -- spring type3 type2 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_diff-spring-type3-type2.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::diff() -- spring type3 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_diff-spring-type3-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::sub() -- fall type2 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_sub-fall-type2-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various bugs 
exist
DateTime::sub() -- fall type3 type2 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_sub-fall-type3-type2.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various bugs 
exist
DateTime::sub() -- fall type3 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_sub-fall-type3-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various bugs 
exist
DateTime::sub() -- spring type2 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_sub-spring-type2-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::sub() -- spring type3 type2 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_sub-spring-type3-type2.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
DateTime::sub() -- spring type3 type3 
[ext/date/tests/DateTime_sub-spring-type3-type3.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Various 
bugs exist
Bug #53437 (Crash when using unserialized DatePeriod instance) 
[ext/date/tests/bug53437.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Bug #53437 Not fixed yet
Bug #62852 (Unserialize invalid DateTime causes crash) 
[ext/date/tests/bug62852.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: bug is not fixed yet
RFC: DateTime and Daylight Saving Time Transitions (zone type 3) 
[ext/date/tests/rfc-datetime_and_daylight_saving_time-type3.phpt]  XFAIL 
REASON: RFC not implemented yet
Bug #42718 (unsafe_raw filter not applied when configured as default filter) 
[ext/filter/tests/bug42718.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW not applied 
when configured as default filter, even with flags
Bug #60634 (Segmentation fault when trying to die() in SessionHandler::write()) 
[ext/session/tests/bug60634.phpt]  XFAIL REASON: Long term low priority bug, 
working on it
Bug #60634 (Segmentation fault when trying to die() in SessionHandler::write()) 
- fatal error in write during exec [ext/session/tests/bug60634_error_1.phpt]  
XFAIL REASON: Long term low priority bug, working on it
Bug #60634 (Segmentation fault when trying to die() in SessionHandler::write()) 
- exception in write during exec [ext/session/tests/bug60634_error_2.phpt]  
XFAIL REASON: Long term low priority bug, working on it
Bug #60634 (Segmentation fault when trying to die() in SessionHandler::write()) 
- fatal error in write after exec [ext/session/tests/bug60634_error_3.phpt]  
XFAIL REASON: Long term low priority bug, working on it
Bug #60634 (Segmentation fault when trying to die() in SessionHandler::write()) 
- exception in write after exec [ext/session/tests/bug60634_error_4.phpt]  
XFAIL REASON: Long term low priority bug, working on it
Bug #45712 (NaN/INF comparison) [ext/standard/tests/math/bug45712.phpt]  XFAIL 
REASON: Bug 45712 not fixed yet.
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FAILED TEST SUMMARY
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XMLReader: libxml2 XML Reader, DTD [ext/xmlreader/tests/008.phpt]
XMLReader: accessing empty and non existing attributes 
[ext/xmlreader/tests/012.phpt]
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You may have found a problem in PHP.

 
> I know it seems daunting, but if you want to maximize the chances that
> these issues will be addressed, I'd suggest you examine each test 
> result in
> that list and post a bug report for it on bugs.php.net.  I don't know 
> how
> many people here are actually familiar with Solaris (I'm not), so that 
> may
> mean that you're in a unique position to help us debug and troubleshoot

sort of why I am doing this .. there must be some value in the process otherwise
why would I bother right?  I'm not running builds for entertainment. I would 
build Xorg for that ;-)

> these issues you've encountered.  I wouldn't expect any immediate results,
> but getting them into the bug tracker would be an important first step 
> if you don't want to submit all the patches yourself.  =)

yeah .. well that would take a while. 

Dennis