Re: [Module-build-general] ExtUtils::ParseXS & 5.00503

[Dave R. <au...@ur...>]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Ken Williams wrote:

> That test should pass (not be skipped) even if EU::ParseXS isn't
> around.  You're seeing it fail?  This is t/xs.t in Module::Build, right?

I was a little confused.  If EU::ParseXS _is_ installed and you try to
load it with Perl 5.00503, it does actually load (I thought it was
dying), but it doesn't work right.  So here's a test patch that skips
the tests unconditionally if you're using a Perl before 5.6.0.


Index: xs.t
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/module-build/Module-Build/t/xs.t,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 xs.t
--- xs.t        24 Feb 2003 18:23:20 -0000      1.5
+++ xs.t        30 Mar 2003 06:02:16 -0000
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 use strict;
 use Test;

+print("1..0 # Skipped: cannot use ExtUtils::ParseXS with Perl $]\n"), exit(0)
+  if $] < 5.006;
 print("1..0 # Skipped: no compiler found\n"), exit(0) unless have_compiler();
 plan tests => 7;