[perl #119619] Contradictory advice and test on using Test::More

On Thu Sep 05 04:44:55 2013, smylers@stripey.com wrote:
> 
> This is a bug report for perl from smylers@stripey.com,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.19.4.
> 
> 
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> 
> perlhack, in its TESTING section, says that tests other than in
> specific
> subdirectories should use Test::More (rather than t/test.pl).
> 
> But t/porting/test_bootstrap.t specifically tests that no t/**.t files
> use Test::More — adding the line:
> 
>   use Test::More;
> 
> into a test in t/porting/ (not one of the directories perlhack
> mentions
> as requiring ad-hoc testing or test.pl) makes test_bootstrap.t fail.
> 
> These obviously contradict each other, and I don't know what should be
> used for a new test in t/porting/.
> 
> Either test_bootstrap.t needs restricting to the directories mentioned
> in perlhack, or the advice in perlhack needs changing to say never to
> use Test::More.
> 

I can confirm that adding or editing a file in t/porting which contains
'use Test::More' will cause t/porting/test_bootstrap.t to fail.

Would the patch attached suffice?

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan



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• Re: [perl #119619] Contradictory advice and test on using Test::More by Smylers
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• [perl #119619] Contradictory advice and test on using Test::More by Smylers