Re^2: Ridiculous "FAIL" reports from CPAN Testers

A third option is to simply ignore it. Everyone who clicks on the FAIL to see what happened will see the obviousness of the missing lib. I know I click them when I see them.

I like the Alien suggestion above though. I'm definitely using that in my own stuff at some point.

-Paul

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Re^3: Ridiculous "FAIL" reports from CPAN Testers by xdg (Monsignor) on Sep 24, 2007 at 11:29 UTC
I like the Alien suggestion above though. I'm definitely using that in my own stuff at some point. Alien is only good if there is actually an Alien module for the library. E.g. Alien::wxWidgets or Alien::SVN. Otherwise, CPAN can never find and install the appropriate Alien module -- and thus your module can never satisfy its prerequisites and will not be installed unless forced. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply]
Re^4: Ridiculous "FAIL" reports from CPAN Testers by jettero (Monsignor) on Sep 24, 2007 at 12:06 UTC
Seems to me the OP could write an alien that checked to see if it existed and installed or died. Then the FAIL messages would be under the alien and thus out of his field of vision... -Paul	[reply]