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On Wed May 16 05:54:57 2012, doughera wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2012, Father Chrysostomos via RT wrote: > > > On Tue May 15 18:06:53 2012, jkeenan wrote: > > > On Mon May 14 06:07:30 2012, doughera wrote: > > > > While trying to track down a failed test in Archive-Extract, I tried > > > > following > > > > the instructions in the INSTALL file: > > > > > > > > ./perl -MTestInit cpan/Archive-Extract/t/01/Archive-Extract.t > > > > > > Error in the name of the test file; it should be: > > > > > > cpan/Archive-Extract/t/01_Archive-Extract.t > > > > > > But, I agree, even with that correction, I can't figure out how to run > > > the test. > > > > I don’t know anything about the history of TestInit or how it is > > supposed to work, but I usually follow the instructions that make test > > prints out when there are failures: > > > > cd t > > ./perl TEST ../cpan/Archive-Extract/t/01_Archive-Extract.t > > Yes, but 'make test' doesn't actually print out those instructions anymore > (though I think it used to, and I've certainly done that myself). That > trick is in pod/perlhack.pod, but it isn't listed in INSTALL. It's all in > need of further cleanup, and t/TEST lists tests (under %abs) for which > this is potentially an issue. > > For this particular case, the answer I was looking for is either > > ./perl -MTestInit=A cpan/Archive-Extract/t/01_Archive-Extract.t > > or > > cd t; ./perl TEST -v ../cpan/Archive-Extract/t/01_Archive-Extract.t > > or > > cd t; ./perl harness -v ../cpan/Archive-Extract/t/01_Archive-Extract.t > > After 5.16.0, I'll take a look again at INSTALL and pod/perlhack.pod and > see if I can reduce redundancy, introduce cross references, and put things > where they are most likely to be useful. I've "taken" this ticket to try > to remind myself to do so. > Andy, Have you had an opportunity to look further into these issues? Thank you very much. Jim Keenan --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=112926Thread Previous | Thread Next