Re: pspp removed from Debian

[Friedrich Beckmann]

Hi, 

i tried the debian package (based on 0.8.3) on sid with pbuilder and all tests pass, except test number 1039 (pspp.t). 

Within that test the „Basic reader test“ fails. The test fails because there is a mismatch between the output file „out.txt“ and 

the expected file contents. I think there is a difference in the value labels output.  See the differences below. 

The difference is the order of the output. Maybe somebody could say if this is a real difference or just a test problem. 

Friedrich

The relevant code snippet is:

======== from Pspp.t ===============

    print MYFILE "Variable $v is \"$name\", label is \"$label\"\n";

    

    my $vl = $var->get_value_labels ();

    print MYFILE "Value Labels:\n";

    print MYFILE "$_ => $vl->{$_}\n" for keys %$vl;

======== Expected Result from pspp.t ============

ok (compare ("$tempdir/out.txt", <<EOF), "Basic reader operation");

Variable 0 is "string", label is "A Short String Variable"

Value Labels:

3333     => threes

1111     => ones

2222     => twos

Variable 1 is "longstring", label is "A Long String Variable"

Value Labels:

Variable 2 is "numeric", label is "A Numeric Variable"

Value Labels:

1 => Unity

3 => Thripality

2 => Duality

Variable 3 is "date", label is "A Date Variable"

Value Labels:

Variable 4 is "dollar", label is "A Dollar Variable"

Value Labels:

…

========= Content of produced out.txt =============

Variable 0 is "string", label is "A Short String Variable"

Value Labels:

1111     => ones

2222     => twos

3333     => threes

Variable 1 is "longstring", label is "A Long String Variable"

Value Labels:

Variable 2 is "numeric", label is "A Numeric Variable"

Value Labels:

3 => Thripality

2 => Duality

1 => Unity

Variable 3 is "date", label is "A Date Variable"

Value Labels:

Variable 4 is "dollar", label is "A Dollar Variable"

Value Labels:

Variable 5 is "datetime", label is "A Datetime Variable"

Value Labels:

….