Re: Failure in commit_ts tap tests

Pavan Deolasee wrote:

> Argument "" isn't numeric in numeric ne (!=) at t/004_restart.pl line 57.
> Argument "Fri Jan 20 07:59:52.322811 2017 PST" isn't numeric in numeric ne (!=) at t/004_restart.pl line 57.
> not ok 8 - commit timestamp recorded
> 
> Changing the operator to "ne" works for me (patch attached). But I wonder
> if this is something specific to my system? Am I using a wrong/stale
> version on OSX Sierra? I'm surprised nobody reported this problem earlier.

Hmm.  The test works fine for me, even if it should be obvious that the
use of the != operator is wrong.  I don't understand why it causes a
failure only for you.

> $ perl -v

> This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 2 (v5.18.2) built for
> darwin-thread-multi-2level
> (with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Mine says:

This is perl 5, version 20, subversion 2 (v5.20.2) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
(with 92 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

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