Additional note. The internet is not all the same. Different network environments will screw you on almost anything you try, especially if it’s not HTTP (which at least has protocols in operating systems for detecting “real internet”)
Don’t do it in install tests, generally. Adam On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 at 9:29 pm, Adam Kennedy <a...@ali.as> wrote: > I have fragments and variations of this stuff tucked away in old code I’m > sure. > > Look at LWP::Online and Test::NeedsDisplay, and I may have done similar > things in the test suites for ORDB::* > > Adam > > On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 at 7:00 am, James E Keenan <jkee...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> Is there any code which is considered "best practice" for "skip_all >> unless I have an Internet connection"? >> >> For the first time I want to write a library whose tests will benefit >> from connection to an FTP server. If there is some code that I could >> just drop in for situations where the test suite is run offline, that >> would be helpful. >> >> Thank you very much. >> Jim Keenan >> >
