Account for IPC::Run::result() Windows behavior change.

nmisch · nmisch · commit 36dd0074af9f · 2022-11-17T07:38:28.000-08:00
This restores compatibility with the not-yet-released successor of version 20220807.0. Back-patch to 9.4, which introduced this code. Reviewed by Andrew Dunstan. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20221117061805.GA4020280@rfd.leadboat.com
diff --git a/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm b/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm
@@ -506,15 +506,11 @@ sub command_exit_is
 	my $h = IPC::Run::start $cmd;
 	$h->finish();
 
-	# On Windows, the exit status of the process is returned directly as the
-	# process's exit code, while on Unix, it's returned in the high bits
-	# of the exit code (see WEXITSTATUS macro in the standard <sys/wait.h>
-	# header file). IPC::Run's result function always returns exit code >> 8,
-	# assuming the Unix convention, which will always return 0 on Windows as
-	# long as the process was not terminated by an exception. To work around
-	# that, use $h->full_result on Windows instead.
+	# Normally, if the child called exit(N), IPC::Run::result() returns N.  On
+	# Windows, with IPC::Run v20220807.0 and earlier, full_results() is the
+	# method that returns N (https://github.com/toddr/IPC-Run/issues/161).
 	my $result =
-	    ($Config{osname} eq "MSWin32")
+	  ($Config{osname} eq "MSWin32" && $IPC::Run::VERSION <= 20220807.0)
 	  ? ($h->full_results)[0]
 	  : $h->result(0);
 	is($result, $expected, $test_name);
