Thanks for the response.

I've been experimenting with this and have minimized my test code to the following: 

use Test::More tests => 1;
SKIP: {
    eval{ require Data::Dummy };
    skip "Data::Dummy not installed", 2 if $@;

    ok( 1 );
}

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This works fine when the required module is present, but in the case of a non-existant module (such as with the above Data::Dummy), the following is reported: 
C:\>nmake test

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harn
+ess(0, 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t\test.t
t\test....# Looks like you planned 1 tests but ran 1 extra.
t\test....dubious
        Test returned status 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
DIED. FAILED test
        Failed 0/1 tests, 100.00% okay (less 2 skipped tests: -1 okay,
+ -100.00%)

Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------
t\test.t       1   256     1    0   0.00%
2 subtests skipped.
Failed 1/1 test scripts, 0.00% okay. -1/1 subtests failed, 200.00% oka
+y.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.

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I don't understand why this would complain of skipping two subtests, nor why it says that I planned 1 test but ran 1 extra. Is this what normally happens when tests are skipped?

In reply to Re: Re: Optional modules for tests? by sutch
in thread Optional modules for tests? by sutch

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