Re: [PATCH: perl@11359] possible fix for sprintf.t on VAX that loads %Config

Message-Id: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10107161631300.464972-100000@aspara.forte.com>

Move t/base/commonsense.t to t/lib/commonsense.t - base tests
should not depend on existance of Config.pm

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@11398

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 7cff553d5b..b4b1f533ba 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-This is the perl test library.  To run all the tests, just type './TEST'.
+This is the perl test library.  To run most of the tests, just type './TEST'
+(which will not run the tests residing in lib/ or ext/.  In order to run
+all of the tests type 'make test' from the build direcotory above t/).
 
 To add new tests, just look at the current tests and do likewise.
 
@@ -10,12 +12,17 @@ ignores lines beginning with '#'.
 
 If you know that Perl is basically working but expect that some tests
 will fail, you may want to use Test::Harness thusly:
+        cd t
 	./perl -I../lib harness
 This method pinpoints failed tests automatically.
 
 If you come up with new tests, please send them to perlbug@perl.org.
 
-Tests in the base/ directory ought to be runnable with plain miniperl.
+Tests in the t/base/ directory ought to be runnable with plain miniperl.
 That is, they should not require Config.pm nor should they require any
 extensions to have been built.  TEST will abort if any tests in the
-base/ directory fail.
+t/base/ directory fail.
+
+Tests in the t/comp/, t/cmd/, t/run/, t/io/, and t/op/ directories should
+also be runnable by miniperl and not require Config.pm, but failures
+to comply will not cause TEST to abort like for t/base/.