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authorIlya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>1997-01-16 23:48:18 -0500
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-01-25 15:58:00 +1200
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Test patches for OS/2
a) Teaches tests in os2/OS2/*/* new format of $Config{extensions}; os2/OS2/ExtAttr/t/os2_ea.t os2/OS2/PrfDB/t/os2_prfdb.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_cmprt.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_dllld.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_objcall.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_sql.test os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tiesql.test os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tievar.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tieydb.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_varset.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_vrexx.t b) Closes all the files before unlinking - for DOSISH systems; t/cmd/while.t t/comp/multiline.t t/io/argv.t t/lib/anydbm.t t/lib/gdbm.t t/lib/ndbm.t t/lib/odbm.t t/lib/sdbm.t c) t/README mentions running `harness' to get better granularity; t/README d) New test op/lex_assign.t added - will check optimization of lexicals when applied - 153 cases (some just ignored since hard to implement). MANIFEST t/op/lex_assign.t e) When a script is started via shell, $Config{exe_ext} may be appended. t/op/magic.t f) path/echo may print a warning if run without args t/comp/colon.t g) Error explanations more verbose t/op/cmp.t t/op/magic.t p5p-msgid: <199701170448.XAA28948@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
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@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ If you put out extra lines with a '#' character on the front, you don't
have to worry about removing the extra print statements later since TEST
ignores lines beginning with '#'.
+If you know that "basic" features work and expect that some test are going
+to fail, it is adviced to run tests via Test::Harness thusly:
+ ./perl -I../lib harness
+This would pinpoint failed tests with better granularity.
+
If you come up with new tests, send them to larry@wall.org.