1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/harness b/t/harness
index af92a8b6dc..f6d94de90f 100644
--- a/t/harness
+++ b/t/harness
@@ -17,4 +17,17 @@ $Test::Harness::verbose = shift if @ARGV && $ARGV[0] eq '-v';
 
 @tests = @ARGV;
 @tests = <base/*.t comp/*.t cmd/*.t io/*.t op/*.t pragma/*.t lib/*.t> unless @tests;
+
 Test::Harness::runtests @tests;
+
+%infinite = ('comp/require.t', 1, 'op/bop.t', 1, 'lib/hostname.t', 1 );
+
+@tests = grep (!$infinite{$_}, @tests);
+
+if (-e "../testcompile") 
+{ 
+	print "The tests ", join(' ', keys(%infinite)), 
+							" generate infinite loops! Skipping!\n";
+
+	$ENV{'COMPILE_TEST'} = 1; Test::Harness::runtests @tests; 
+}