On 1/30/17 12:09 AM, Jim Turner via cpan-testers-discuss wrote:
Greetings,I've released a new module to CPAN that requires a working internet connection to pass it's test harness (it's only function is to retrieve certain data from specific types of internet sites. It's failing pretty much across testing platforms indicating that it's not able to fetch any data. How can this be addressed in my test harness? Regards, Jim
Jim: Put this into your Makefile.PL: use IO::Socket::INET; my $s = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => 'www.google.com:80', # Choose the site and port number that you want to ensure is working
Timeout => 10
);
unless($s) {
die '...Insert module name here.... needs a permanent
connection to the Internet';
} Regards, -Nigel -- Nigel Horne Conductor: Rockville Brass Band, Washington Metropolitan GSO @nigelhorne | fb/nigel.horne | bandsman.co.uk | concert-bands.co.uk | www.nigelhorne.com Unless it's for my eyes only, please use "reply all"
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