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Re^3: Running tests on modules generated by Module::Starter still in /lib directory

by stevieb (Canon)
on Feb 12, 2017 at 18:35 UTC ( [id://1181849]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Running tests on modules generated by Module::Starter still in /lib directory
in thread Running tests on modules generated by Module::Starter still in /lib directory

You're right. I should have said "you *can* do a make install first". It's just a habit for me to do it this way.

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Re^4: Running tests on modules generated by Module::Starter still in /lib directory
by haukex (Archbishop) on Feb 12, 2017 at 19:08 UTC

    Hi stevieb,

    I should have said "you *can* do a make install first". It's just a habit for me to do it this way.

    I understand, and on the system of a developer who knows what they're doing this is probably acceptable, but after thinking about it a bit more, I have to say that as general advice, I would strongly recommend against make install for running tests. Who knows how other peoples' systems are set up (not everyone uses perlbrew or local::lib - someone might even get the idea to do sudo make install and muck up their system Perl), and at the very least uninstalling a broken Perl module or reverting it to a previous state is no fun at all. The whole point of tests is that one should run them to find problems before install :-)

    Regards,
    -- Hauke D

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