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| author | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2007-12-04 21:01:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2007-12-04 21:01:37 +0000 |
| commit | 7cd588305d61592874d2acf74009ef9899cd6047 (patch) | |
| tree | 435c82300ed3d68d8543a7e68ed9f462fb4ec45b /pod/perlhack.pod | |
| parent | 44b2cd60c4cf655f5453ec96016635c6d80db5f3 (diff) | |
| download | perl-7cd588305d61592874d2acf74009ef9899cd6047.tar.gz | |
Document some environment variables that might affect tests,
by Robin Barker.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@32575
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diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod index 3acee30d8f..7e51c3bb3e 100644 --- a/pod/perlhack.pod +++ b/pod/perlhack.pod @@ -2362,6 +2362,29 @@ running 'make test_notty'. =back +=head3 Other environment variables that may influence tests + +=over 4 + +=item PERL_TEST_Net_Ping + +Setting this variable runs all the Net::Ping modules tests, +otherwise some tests that interact with the outside world are skipped. +See L<perl58delta>. + +=item PERL_TEST_NOVREXX + +Setting this variable skips the vrexx.t tests for OS2::REXX. + +=item PERL_TEST_NUMCONVERTS + +This sets a variable in op/numconvert.t. + +=back + +See also the documentation for the Test and Test::Harness modules, +for more environment variables that affect testing. + =head2 Common problems when patching Perl source code Perl source plays by ANSI C89 rules: no C99 (or C++) extensions. In |