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NAME

test-dist-modules.pl - test modules in dist/ against the perl invoked with

SYNOPSIS

# from a checked out clean perl source tree
# test all dist/ modules, abort on first failure
path/to/perl test-dist-modules.pl

# test all dist/ modules, continue on failure
path/to/perl test-dist-modules.pl -c

# test all dist/ modules, and install into path/to/perl's site_perl
path/to/perl test-dist-modules.pl -i

DESCRIPTION

Porting/test-dist-modules.pl is used by the Github workflow to test modules from dist/ against the perl it is invoked with, within a git clone of a development perl. This clone must be a clean clone, ie. as with git clean -dxf .

That perl should have any prerequisites needed by those modules installed, at this point this includes sufficiently recent versions of:

ExtUtils::MakeMaker
Perl::OSType
Scalar::Util
Socket
version

test-dist-modules.pl will always test Devel::PPPort first and then use that when testing the other modules, even if invoked with a distribution list.

INVOKING test-dist-modules.pl

By default test-dist-modules.pl will test each directory in dist/, but you can test specific distributions by supplying them on the command-line:

path/to/perl test-dist-modules.pl threads

which will test Devel-PPPort and threads.

Options:

  • -i

  • -install

    Install the modules to the invoking perl's site_perl. This may require privileges such as running as root.

  • -c

  • -continue

    Continue testing modules even if one fails.

  • -s

  • -separate

    Install to a temp tree instead of to the invoking perl's site_perl. This is now the default.

  • -h

  • -help

    Produce a help message.