Moin, On Monday 30 January 2006 14:59, David Golden wrote: > demerphq wrote: > > On 1/30/06, David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Adam Kennedy wrote: > >>>A testing system should only be sending FAIL reports when it > >>> believes it has a platform that is compatible with the needs of the > >>> module, but when it tries to install tests fail. > >> > >>So how, then, do I tell the testing system "this module only works on > >>Unix-like filesystems on Unix-like OSes"? > > > > Hopefully it will be something like: > > $I::don't::bother::to::write::portable::code=1; > > > > How do you define "unix-like filesystems on unix-like oses" btw? > > Would win32 count and what reason would you give for your answer, > > whatever it is. > > Well, the more generalized problem is how to you signal to an automated > test that you're bailing out as N/A for whatever reason? For Perl > itself, it's easy enough for the smoke test to check if the required > version of Perl is available -- and the smoke test is smart enough not > to try to install an updated version of Perl to satisfy the dependency. > It bails out with N/A instead. > > What's a clean, generic mechanism for a distribution to signal "please > check this dependency and abort if it's not satisfied"? Something in > the META.yml (e.g. Alien::*)? Send a specific string to STDERR? Send > a specific exit codes? Ugh. Other ideas?
Makefile.PL:
PREREQ_FAIL => 1,
does it nicely for me.
Best wishes,
Tels
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