On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:55:29AM +0100, Mark Fowler wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Andrew Savige wrote: > > > While a standard name is not required, having one would allow > > automated CPAN test harnesses to run the longer tests. > > While we're on it, it'd be nice to have a standard enviromental variable > that turned off all interactivty. Make the module accept all it's > defaults, skip tests where it requires an interactive question...etc. > > I know this is covered to a certain extent by prompt() being > semi-inteligent, but it'd be nice if I could override all cases (even in > test suites) where questions are asked, and I could be sure that my > install script won't fail unless a test actually fails.
I've hopped in my time machine and added PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT to prompt() and documented it in ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.04. -- You're more radiant than a memory of breathtaking ecstasy.
