X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=t%2FREADME;h=7cff553d5b84ad97daf77ddfd6315f0a427dfe6e;hb=56dd5b296bcdfa13210bc9018d4cc5ec40d2f1f0;hp=d714295dd25d99e66f454d6662a9b7b0a9d9cde7;hpb=c07a80fdfe3926b5eb0585b674aa5d1f57b32ade;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index d714295..7cff553 100644 --- a/t/README +++ b/t/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is the perl test library. To run all the tests, just type 'TEST'. +This is the perl test library. To run all the tests, just type './TEST'. To add new tests, just look at the current tests and do likewise. @@ -8,4 +8,14 @@ If you put out extra lines with a '#' character on the front, you don't have to worry about removing the extra print statements later since TEST ignores lines beginning with '#'. -If you come up with new tests, send them to lwall@sems.com. +If you know that Perl is basically working but expect that some tests +will fail, you may want to use Test::Harness thusly: + ./perl -I../lib harness +This method pinpoints failed tests automatically. + +If you come up with new tests, please send them to perlbug@perl.org. + +Tests in the base/ directory ought to be runnable with plain miniperl. +That is, they should not require Config.pm nor should they require any +extensions to have been built. TEST will abort if any tests in the +base/ directory fail.