One of my herd of killer robots wrote: > Running make test > PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/home/david/cpantesting/perl-5.10.0/bin/perl > "-Iblib/lib" "-Iblib/arch" test.pl > 1..4 > ok 1 > ok 2 > not ok 3 > ok 4 > (/usr/local/bin/make test exited with 0) > CPAN::Reporter: Test result is 'pass', 'make test' no errors. > CPAN::Reporter: preparing a CPAN Testers report for Rstat-Client-2.2 > CPAN::Reporter: sending test report with 'pass' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ISAACSON/Rstat-Client-2.2.tar.gz > /usr/local/bin/make test -- OK
I take it that we would say that the test.pl is faulty here, in that it exits with a 0 status despite a test failing. However, I betcha that there are *lots* of test.pl files out there that suffer from this - I know mine did when I used them - so would it be worthwhile for CPAN::Reporter etc to check whether it really is a pass? This could be done with a simple heuristic - if: * test.pl exists and t/ doesn't; and * the exit status was 0; and * /^not ok /; then turn the test result into UNKNOWN or discard it. I have also notified the author of this bogus pass, and asked him to CC this 'ere list if he replies. -- David Cantrell | top google result for "topless karaoke murders" I hate baby seals. They get asked to all the best clubs.
