> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Wilhelm [mailto:enoba...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 7:34 PM > To: module-authors@perl.org > Subject: Re: Writing tests > > # from Elliot Shank > # on Sunday 13 December 2009 12:58: > > >You don't fail the {Makefile|Build}.PL, you just don't emit the > > resulting file and exit with 0. This way the standard build chain > > treats it as a NA and not a FAIL. > > This only has to do with cpantesters and *not* the "standard build > chain". IMO, cpantesters needs to learn to deal with die() in Build.PL > because using it is far more natural than: > > unless($condition) { > warn "you don't have the $condition -- Cannot continue."; > exit 0; # silly cpantesters requirement > }
Well... Either die "OS unsupported\n" is an exception (since I get NA for that) or this is the old behavior (to lazy to search for that ATM) > --Eric > -- > Introducing change is like pulling off a bandage: the pain is a memory > almost as soon as you feel it. > --Paul Graham > --------------------------------------------------- > http://scratchcomputing.com > ---------------------------------------------------
