`perldoc perlport` is clear that $Config{archname} and $^O are derived from uname.
$ uname -s Darwin I think it would be more confusing to make these values inconsistent. Perhaps cpantesters could add a footnote somewhere letting people know that 'darwin' means mac os systems for those who aren't aware? On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 1:32 PM Alceu R. de Freitas Jr. via cpan-testers-discuss <cpan-testers-discuss@perl.org> wrote: > > I mean, the perl gave "darwin", but it should mean "macosx" or something like > that. > > We could suggest (I guess) to change that on the interpreter or to update the > matrix at matrix.cpantesters.org. I think the later should be easier since > "darwin" => "macosx" anyway. > > Em quarta-feira, 27 de março de 2019 14:31:24 BRT, Karen Etheridge > <p...@froods.org> escreveu: > > > Alceu, > I don't understand what you're asking. `$^O` returns 'darwin' on MacOS > systems. Are you suggesting that *that* be changed? > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 7:08 AM Alceu R. de Freitas Jr. via > cpan-testers-discuss <cpan-testers-discuss@perl.org> wrote: > > > > Hello folks, > > > > I was having a little chat with David > > (https://github.com/DrHyde/perl-modules-Devel-CheckOS/pull/22#issuecomment-477154904) > > and looks like I was leaded into the wrong way by the "Darwin" appearing > > in the CPAN Testers Matrix for a distribution (for example, > > http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Archive-Tar-Wrapper+0.34). Shouldn't we > > change that to MacOSX or something else? I'm not a MacOSX user myself, but > > it seems I should list it as a acceptable OS for Archite-Tar-Wrapper. > > > > It seems also that the official documentation should be updated regarding > > Darwin/MacOSX as well: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlport.html#Unix. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alceu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >