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On Sun Mar 13 17:53:19 2011, spr...@cpan.org wrote: > First, it does not take into account HTTP-filtering software that > returns its own specialised messages for pages that are off limits. > > Secondly, it is just asking to fail some time in the future when the > URLs are no longer valid. > > Why not just include an Apache-style listing in the test? > > Oddly, since it uses LWP::Simple (and skips when it’s not available), > I can install it without any problem if I am installing LWP from > scratch. But if I have an old version installed, it fails its test. > That just seems all backwards. :-) > > (Also File::Listing does not say where bugs should be reported.) > I’ve just realised I was not specific enough. (I copied and pasted my own notes.) t/apache.t is failing behind a firewall that returns its own messages for sites that are off- limits. t/apache.t tries to read those messages as file listings and fails.
