in reply to Re^5: Local library for module test script
in thread Local library for module test script

I'm actually amazed that anyone would think that test suite files *ought* to be runnable from everywhere... expectations ...

Sure, why not? Its only perl code after all, and its not like it takes any extra thought or effort to chdir to a start dir you depend on, its the most basic of good portability practices , dont assume a cwd, ensure the cwd you depend on is the one you want

Its right up there with not assuming you can have "_build" and "_BUILD" in the same directory

Its right up there with not assuiming a /tmp... and using  File::Spec -> tmpdir or File::Temp::newdir

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Re^7: Local library for module test script (/tmp)
by tye (Sage) on Dec 03, 2014 at 21:02 UTC
    Its right up there with not assuiming a /tmp... and using File::Spec -> tmpdir or File::Temp::newdir

    Heh. Tell Perl that. Turns out that one of the few places that creates temporary files but just hard-codes "/tmp" is some cruft C code inside Perl. Sadly, Plack chose to use that.

    (And, yes, I agree with you.)

    - tye        

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