Not very much info to go on (the version number of the module that you're using would be good, e.g. perl -MApp::Prove -le 'print $App::Prove::VERSION'), but:

Perhaps the arguments prove -r test/ and those provided by find ... | xargs prove ... are in conflict?

Have you tried running the find command by itself to check that it only selects those tests that you want?

Also, try running prove -v --norc -formatter=TAP::Formatter::JUnit TESTFILE for those tests individually until you run into the problem.

In reply to Re: Error running prove "Archive is not a known format type! at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/App/Prove.pm line 538." by Anonymous Monk
in thread Error running prove "Archive is not a known format type! at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/App/Prove.pm line 538." by kamal

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