in reply to So much for Test::* :)

Just a guess... but maybe the shell is expected to expand the * wildcards?

Update: ...apparently not, as ExtUtils::Command::MM::test_harness() has 

                                                                      
+                
# Because Windows doesn't do this for us and listing all the *.t files
# out on the command line can blow over its exec limit.
require ExtUtils::Command;
my @argv = ExtUtils::Command::expand_wildcards(@ARGV);

[download]

which is implemented as 

my $wild_regex = $Is_VMS ? '*%' : '*?';
sub expand_wildcards
{
 @ARGV = map(/[$wild_regex]/o ? glob($_) : $_,@ARGV);
}

[download]

No idea why this apparently doesn't work for you.

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: So much for Test::* :)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 23, 2008 at 00:24 UTC
    maybe the shell is expected to expand the * wildcards?

    Well yes. But isn't one of the primary reasons for Perl's existance, Mr.Wall's frustration with clunky shell syntax?

    And isn't the reason for having EU::MM et al. to take care of these kinds of platform differences?

    I should have been less terse. I was hoping for a clue as to how to go about fixing up the makefile.pl to get beyond the problem?

    If it helps, I've bypassed it for now by c&ping the command line issued and prefixing it: 

    c:\Perl\packages\Test-Simple-0.84>
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe 
-e"BEGIN{@ARGV=map{glob}@ARGV}"            ###### I added this #######
"-MExtUtils::Command::MM" 
"-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t/*.t t/*/*.t
t/00test_harness_check..........ok
t/bad_plan......................ok
t/bail_out......................ok
...
t/Tester/tbt_07args.............ok
t/thread_taint..................ok
t/threads.......................ok
t/todo..........................ok
t/undef.........................ok
t/use_ok........................ok
t/useing........................ok
t/utf8..........................skipped
        all skipped: Not yet implemented
All tests successful, 4 tests and 13 subtests skipped.
Files=79, Tests=594,  7 wallclock secs ( 0.00 cusr +  0.00 csys =  0.0
+0 CPU)

    [download]

    which works okay, but I'd prefer a more permanent solution.

    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
[reply]
[d/l]
Re^2: So much for Test::* :)
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 23, 2008 at 04:07 UTC
    Is there any spaces in the path of the build dir?
[reply]

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom