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Description of problem:
It appears that applying the perl-5.8.0-backrev.patch to the perl
perl@19525 distribution causes the t/uni/tr_utf8 to fail:

t/uni/tr_utf8........................#     Failed test (uni/tr_utf8.t at line 
70
)
#          got: 'a×<91>צf×<93>×¢×<92>×<94>o×q<99>ײuק×<9C>×<9E>×1 34×6¤Ö9'
#     expected: 'a×<91>צ×<93>×¢
f×<92>×<94>×<99>ײק×<9C>×<9E>× oפqּרסu×<98>
װש×<9B>×<99>×<96>ש1×±34ת6ײ×<97>9'
# Looks like you failed 1 tests of 7.
FAILED at test 7

When I remove this patch from the perl.spec file, this test passes
just fine.

I also tested this with perl@19613 and I got the same results.

I'm gussing there's a module somewhere that is checking Perl's
version number is greater than 5.8.0 and changing it's behavior.

This is when I compile this perl with the following steps:

        bzcat perl@19525.tbz | tar xf -
        mv perl perl@19525
        cd perl@19525

        : : patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.6.0-root.patch
        : patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-fhs.patch
        : patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-errno.patch
        : patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-notty.patch
        patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-sharedlinker.patch
        : : patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-links.patch
        patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-rpath-make.patch
        patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-s390.patch
        : patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-libdir64.patch
        : patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-Safe2.09.patch
        patch -s -p1 < ../patches/perl-5.8.0-backrev.patch
        find . -name \*.orig -exec rm -fv {} \;

./Configure \
  -Dprefix=/opt/$platform/installed/perl-5.8.0 \
  -Dcc=/opt/$platform/gcc/bin/gcc \
  -Doptimize="-O3 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686" \
  -Uinstallusrbinperl \
  -Ulocincpth \
  -Duseshrplib \
  -Dcf_email=blair@orcaware.com \
  -Ui_db \
  -Uversiononly \
  -Ubincompat5005 \
  -Dlibpth='/lib /usr/lib' \
  -Dlibspath='/lib /usr/lib' \
  -Dd_dosuid


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
perl-5.8.0-89.pre19525.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get perl-5.8.0-89.pre19525.1.src.rpm.
2. Compile it
3. Run make test
    

Additional info: