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authorDavid Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>2010-11-29 11:23:28 +0000
committerDavid Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>2010-11-29 11:23:28 +0000
commitf5122dbf0e65ac96618bf95b58dbfac3cfb31c75 (patch)
tree88e1960377878c707c643006c6b3f0e9f8fe621f /t/io
parent9eed50dc853be0183bf92923847963d81c3f8f51 (diff)
downloadperl-f5122dbf0e65ac96618bf95b58dbfac3cfb31c75.tar.gz
document why eintr.t needs to be skipped on Win32
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diff --git a/t/io/eintr.t b/t/io/eintr.t
index e985a83ac8..73eddeb2f5 100644
--- a/t/io/eintr.t
+++ b/t/io/eintr.t
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ if (exists $ENV{PERLIO} && $ENV{PERLIO} =~ /stdio/ ) {
exit 0;
}
+# on Win32, alarm() won't interrupt the read/write call.
+# Similar issues with VMS.
+
if ($^O eq 'VMS' || $^O eq 'MSWin32') {
skip_all('various portability issues');
exit 0;