On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Andreas J. Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes. Each distribution in the queue spawns a shell that runs CPAN.pm > > test(). So build_requires directories do build up, but are reset for > > the next distribution to smoke. > > Are you sure about the reset? If build_dir_reuse is set to true and > the user never cleans up the build directory, then he can collect an > unlimited amount of distributions. The mechanism is not only about > direct dependencies, it's cumulative in nature. Like the user who > simply does not want to install but wants to test all that stuff as if > it were installed.
Damn! You're right. I'll patch in a subroutine to clear the is_tested field and I'll put a warning in the docs for anyone using it before the next CPAN dev release. David
