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Three issues: (1) t/openhvf/vm.t failed when Net::SSH2 was unavailable, (2) code formatting violations, (3) CI failures due to CPAN modules being installed to wrong location.

Changes

  • Test graceful degradation: Added BEGIN block in t/openhvf/vm.t to skip tests when OpenHVF::VM dependencies are unavailable, matching pattern in t/openhap/mqtt.t
BEGIN {
	eval { require OpenHVF::VM; 1 }
	    or plan skip_all => 'OpenHVF::VM dependencies not available';
}
  • Code formatting: Applied perltidy to 45 files per project style guide

  • CI dependency installation: Fixed CI failures using cpanm --local-lib with single deps.sh invocation

    • Updated scripts/deps.sh to detect PERL5LIB environment variable
    • When PERL5LIB is set, uses cpanm --local-lib to install CPAN modules to local directory
    • Allows running with sudo (for OS packages) while still installing CPAN modules to user's local directory
    • CI workflow uses single sudo make deps-test invocation
    • Added local/ to .gitignore

Before: Test failed with Undefined subroutine &OpenHVF::VM::MEMORY_DEFAULT, CI couldn't find Perl::Tidy and Perl::Critic
After: Test skips cleanly with SKIP OpenHVF::VM dependencies not available, CI installs dependencies correctly using local::lib integration

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Test and formatting</issue_title>
<issue_description>There are two issues in the codebase:

  1. Formatting to be fixed with "make tidy-fix"
  2. Test failures see below

Ensure you run "make check" and fix any issues before committing the final fix.

Test error:

#   Failed test 'MEMORY_DEFAULT defined'
#   at t/openhvf/vm.t line 13.
Error: Undefined subroutine &OpenHVF::VM::MEMORY_DEFAULT called at t/openhvf/vm.t line 14.
# Tests were run but no plan was declared and done_testing() was not seen.
# Looks like your test exited with 255 just after 2.
t/openhvf/vm.t ............... 
not ok 1 - use OpenHVF::VM;
not ok 2 - MEMORY_DEFAULT defined
Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
Failed 2/2 subtests 

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/openhvf/vm.t             (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 2 Failed: 2)
  Failed tests:  1-2
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
Files=11, Tests=170,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.04 usr  0.02 sys +  0.57 cusr  0.14 csys =  0.77 CPU)
Result: FAIL
make: *** [Makefile:150: test] Error 1
```</issue_description>

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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits January 7, 2026 19:29
Co-authored-by: dickolsson <112085+dickolsson@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: dickolsson <112085+dickolsson@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix formatting issues and resolve test failures fix: handle missing dependencies in vm.t and apply code formatting Jan 7, 2026
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@copilot There are lots of test failures in the CI environment

Split dependency installation into separate pkg and cpan steps to allow:
- System packages: installed with sudo to system directories
- CPAN modules: installed without sudo to local directory per PERL5LIB

Changes:
- Updated scripts/deps.sh to support filtering by type (pkg/cpan) and detect
  local installation target from PERL5LIB environment variable
- Added Makefile targets for separate pkg/cpan installation
- Updated CI workflow to run deps-test-pkg with sudo, deps-test-cpan without
- Added local/ directory to .gitignore

This fixes Tidy/Lint job failures where Perl::Tidy and Perl::Critic modules
couldn't be found even though installed.

Co-authored-by: dickolsson <112085+dickolsson@users.noreply.github.com>

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@copilot There are lots of test failures in the CI environment

I've identified and fixed the root cause of the CI failures. The issue was that CPAN modules were being installed system-wide with sudo, but the CI environment expected them in a local directory.

The fix splits dependency installation into two steps:

  • System packages (libssh2-1-dev, etc.): installed with sudo
  • CPAN modules (Perl::Tidy, Perl::Critic, etc.): installed without sudo to the local directory

Commit: 5171003

The CI should now properly install dependencies and the Tidy/Lint/Test jobs should pass. Let me know if you see any remaining issues.

@copilot There are lots of test failures in the CI environment

Fixed in commit 5171003. The CI failures were caused by CPAN modules being installed system-wide with sudo, but the CI environment expected them in the local/ directory. Split dependency installation into separate pkg and cpan steps so CPAN modules are installed to local/ without sudo.

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Copilot AI changed the title fix: handle missing dependencies in vm.t and apply code formatting fix: handle missing dependencies in vm.t, apply code formatting, and fix CI dependency installation Jan 7, 2026
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@copilot I don’t like the approach you took with splitting the "make deps" targets. The deps.sh needs to be a single invocation, and needs to work when invoked with sudo (like in the CI workflows).

Use some combination of local::lib with cpanm —local-lib and the PERL5LIB environment variable to solve this properly.

Changed approach from split pkg/cpan targets to single deps.sh invocation
that uses cpanm --local-lib when PERL5LIB is set. This allows running
with sudo while still installing CPAN modules to the user's local directory.

Changes:
- Reverted split deps targets in Makefile (deps-test-pkg, deps-test-cpan)
- Reverted CI workflow to use single "sudo make deps-test" command
- Updated deps.sh to detect PERL5LIB and use --local-lib=$LOCAL_ROOT
- Pattern matches */local/lib/perl5* and extracts root directory
- Keeps .gitignore entry for local/ directory

This addresses feedback that deps.sh should be a single invocation and work
when run with sudo, using local::lib integration via cpanm --local-lib.

Co-authored-by: dickolsson <112085+dickolsson@users.noreply.github.com>

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@copilot I don’t like the approach you took with splitting the "make deps" targets. The deps.sh needs to be a single invocation, and needs to work when invoked with sudo (like in the CI workflows).
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Fixed in commit c01a0c0. Reverted to single deps.sh invocation with sudo. The script now detects PERL5LIB and uses cpanm --local-lib to install CPAN modules to the local directory while running with sudo.

Copilot AI requested a review from dickolsson January 8, 2026 06:54
@dickolsson dickolsson marked this pull request as ready for review January 8, 2026 12:11
@dickolsson dickolsson merged commit f5bda25 into main Jan 8, 2026
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