1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/lib/odbm.t b/t/lib/odbm.t
index fc15d13ebf..f8b8a110ad 100755
--- a/t/lib/odbm.t
+++ b/t/lib/odbm.t
@@ -393,3 +393,14 @@ EOM
    untie %h;
    unlink <Op.dbmx*>;
 }
+
+if ($^O eq 'hpux') {
+    print <<EOM;
+#
+# If you experience failures with the odbm test in HP-UX,
+# this is a well-known bug that's unfortunately very hard to fix.
+# The suggested course of action is to avoid using the ODBM_File,
+# but to use instead the NDBM_File extension.
+#
+EOM
+}