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| author | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2002-07-05 12:46:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2002-07-05 12:46:22 +0000 |
| commit | a266333affe1fc2ec17a87cfc810488a74e6665c (patch) | |
| tree | 8ab5b10e577ced334ed10a8fadb7343d351cb803 /t | |
| parent | 3ef0590f9510ea108cdbc337861bba2463186ec8 (diff) | |
| download | perl-a266333affe1fc2ec17a87cfc810488a74e6665c.tar.gz | |
Precisions and updates about running and writing tests.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17403
Diffstat (limited to 't')
| -rw-r--r-- | t/README | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ -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/). +This is the perl test library. To run the test suite, just type './TEST' +or 'make test' from the build directory above t/. See also the section +"Special Make Test Targets" in pod/perlhack.pod to learn about other +specific test commands. To add new tests, just look at the current tests and do likewise. +The library t/test.pl provides some utility functions that you can use +in most tests, except in the most basic ones. If a test fails, run it by itself to see if it prints any informative diagnostics. If not, modify the test to print informative diagnostics. |