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authorAndy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>2000-12-07 05:50:47 -0500
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-12-08 03:26:01 +0000
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[ID 20001207.003] [PATCH] t/base/term.t causes abort if Config.pm not built
Message-Id: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10012071049400.7566-100000@maxwell.phys.lafayette.edu> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8035
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is the perl test library. To run all the tests, just type 'TEST'.
+This is the perl test library. To run all the tests, just type './TEST'.
To add new tests, just look at the current tests and do likewise.
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ will fail, you may want to use Test::Harness thusly:
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.
+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.