Instead of using force, why don't you fix the actual test and send a patch?

Here is often how I check if a binary is available and executable (usually in my Makefile.PL files, but I digress... here's one example, and another):

use strict;
use warnings;

use Test::More;

my $is_win = $^O =~ /MSWin/;

my ($sep, $bin) = $is_win ? (';', 'perl.exe') : (':', 'perl');

my $perl_available = grep { -x "$_/$bin" } split /$sep/, $ENV{PATH};

ok $perl_available, "perl binary was found and is executable"; 

done_testing();

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Update: Modified code to work on both Windows and Unixy platforms.

In reply to Re^5: Markup::Perl Review / Demo (Basic CGI Shell) by stevieb
in thread Markup::Perl Review / Demo (Basic CGI Shell) by usemodperl

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