As a workaround (some might call it an abuse of the system) -- you can have your Makefile.PL die with the message "OS unsupported".

That's the sort of solution I was looking for. I think the element of abuse would be removed if CPAN::Reporter and CPANPLUS also searched for (something like) "System inadequate" ... or maybe there's a single phrase that caters for both scenarios.

But please come join the new cpan-testers-discuss mailing list and help us hash out a better approach

If that's the best way to get it sorted, then I'll do that. (Subscribing right now, but I might wait a day or two to see what else eventuates here before posting there.)

Thanks, as always, to *all* respondents.

Cheers,
Rob

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