# New Ticket Created by Jerry Gay # Please include the string: [perl #42690] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42690 >
our configure and build systems have greatly improved test coverage, thanks in large part to jim keenan. however, these tests are not run during the normal build cycle, which limits their effectiveness. i'd like to make running these tests easier by allowing Configure.pl to accept command-line options which allow a user to run the tests. therefore, i propose a --test option, that works as follows: --test=configure # runs the configure tests before configure --test=build # runs the build tests after configure --test # runs all (both) tests this would simplify the build cycle when running these tests from: prove t/configure && perl Configure.pl && make buildtools_tests world test to: perl Configure.pl --test && make world test this does not address the fact that config/build tests do not appear in smoke results, but i'll save that for another ticket. ~jerry
