On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 08:01:04PM +0200, Andreas Marcel Riechert wrote: > Would you mind to insert comments for your fail reports. If we > cannot see why the modules failed (e.g. output of make test) the > author may be unable to fix his module, and browsers of cpan testers > site won't have a chance to judge wether this FAIL is important > for them or not.
This sounds like a bug in (my installed) version of CPANPLUS: It doesn't insert the collected error message. But ... On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 08:00:16AM -0400, Paul Winkeler wrote: > Thank you very much for testing my NBU module. Please keep in mind that its > one and only test looks to see if the commercial NetBackup software from > http://www.veritas has been installed. If not, it fails :-( That's a problem with expectations and the testing methodology. The cpansmoke process supposes that environment problems are caught before the "testing" stage. You might test for the presence of external software in Makefile.PL. Jost -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please help stamp out spam! | | Postmaster, JAPH, resident answer machine am RZ der RUB | | Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate | | William of Ockham (1285-1347/49) |
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