demerphq wrote: > On 11/1/06, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This distribution uses 'test.pl' for its tests. The output of >> 'test.pl' is not parsed. When >> "make test" is run by automated installers (for example, the CPAN > shell) your tests will >> always appear to have passed no matter what the output of 'test.pl'. > > Is that true when test.pl dies? Maybe it should say that if you must > use test.pl it should die on test failure.
Technically that is correct. However, 99% of the time folks are using test.pl because that's what h2xs gave them and not because they prefer it over t/*.t. Its not worth mentioning workarounds in a succinct explanation, there's little reason reason to put tests in test.pl.
