In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, demerphq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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; > > ;-) Seriously though, I would expect things in Win32::* to only work on Windows, things in Linux::* only to work on linux, and so on for many other sections (including Mac::* where I have some modules). Portable code isn't always the goal.