I'm trying to generate cleaner test output to minimize distracting messages. I've got the following test which is that is meant to fail using Test::Exception:

throws_ok { my $wsr = WebServerRemote->new(ssh => 'me@10.0.300.99') } 
+qr {could not connect},
    'complains if unable to connect';

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This test is for the following lines:

  my $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new($host, %opts);     
  $ssh->error and croak "could not connect to host: $ssh->error";

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I get the following output from my test:

ssh: Could not resolve hostname 10.0.300.99: nodename nor servname pro
+vided, or not known

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If possible, I'd like to suppress that message generated by Net::OpenSSH (and others from other modules) in my tests but leave it for real world operation, if at all possible.

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