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author | Michael G. Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> | 2001-12-08 10:38:28 -0500 |
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committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-12-09 15:40:28 +0000 |
commit | f6970d3d045c2c3f1891703f6e6e412ce4bea3fa (patch) | |
tree | c58b3377afe2fcadac2821c2609441e73f2b7ccf /README.cygwin | |
parent | 0dcb34088dd10b0566805e3f894a623ad1b79305 (diff) | |
download | perl-f6970d3d045c2c3f1891703f6e6e412ce4bea3fa.tar.gz |
[README.cygwin] Removing old expected test failures
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diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin index 89e386a8dc..a99832a21c 100644 --- a/README.cygwin +++ b/README.cygwin @@ -330,70 +330,6 @@ these options, these tests will fail: lib/sdbm.t 2 op/stat.t 9, 20 (.tmp not an executable extension) -=head2 Hard Links on Cygwin - -FAT partitions do not support hard links (whereas NTFS does), in which -case Cygwin implements link() by copying the file. On remote (network) -drives Cygwin's stat() always sets C<st_nlink> to 1, so the link count -for remote directories and files is not available. In either case, -these tests will fail: - - Failed Test List of failed - ------------------------------------ - io/fs.t 4 - op/stat.t 3 - -=head2 Filetime Granularity on Cygwin - -On FAT partitions the filetime granularity is 2 seconds. The following -test will fail: - - Failed Test List of failed - ------------------------------------ - io/fs.t 18 - -=head2 Tainting Checks on Cygwin - -When Perl is running in taint mode, C<$ENV{PATH}> is considered tainted -and not used, so DLLs not in the default system directories will not -be found. While the tests are running you will see warnings popup from -the system with messages like: - - Win9x - Error Starting Program - A required .DLL file, CYGWIN1.DLL, was not found - - WinNT - perl.exe - Unable to Locate DLL - The dynamic link library cygwin1.dll could not be found in the - specified path ... - -Just click OK and ignore them. When running `C<make test>', 2 popups -occur. During `C<./perl harness>', 4 popups occur. Also, these tests -will fail: - - Failed Test List of failed - ------------------------------------ - op/taint.t 1, 3, 31, 37 - -Alternatively, you can copy F<cygwin1.dll> into the directory where the -tests run: - - cp /bin/cygwin1.dll t - -or one of the Windows system directories (although, this is B<not> -recommended). - -=head2 /etc/group on Cygwin - -Cygwin does not require F</etc/group>, in which case the F<op/grent.t> -test will be skipped. The check performed by F<op/grent.t> expects to -see entries that use the members field, otherwise this test will fail: - - Failed Test List of failed - ------------------------------------ - op/grent.t 1 - =head2 Script Portability on Cygwin Cygwin does an outstanding job of providing UNIX-like semantics on top of |