On Apr 6, 2005, at 7:13 AM, Robert Rothenberg wrote:
Is there a way tests to determine that a module cannot be installed on a platform so that CPANPLUS or CPAN::YACSmoke can issue an "NA" (Not Applicable) report?
CPANPLUS relies on module names (e.g. "Solaris::" or "Win32::") but that is not always appropriate in cases where a module runs on many platforms except some that do not have the capability.
There's also a separate issue of whether "NA" reports should be issued if a library is missing. (Usually these come out as failures.)
Regards, Rob (Co-author of CPAN::YACSmoke)
It won't help you *today* but there is a proposed META.yml field called "excludes_os" which fits your request perfectly.
http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-new.html#excludes_os
See also "optional_features.foo.excludes_os" http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-new.html#recommends
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