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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-11-04 14:57:53 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-11-04 14:57:53 -0800 |
| commit | 46466ea1db6f68ffd4cd060ba3177ea8f461c72e (patch) | |
| tree | b463d08f6f817f1ff15d3c8bfe13ddbe7964f41a /t/README | |
| parent | Update draft release notes to 1.8.5 (diff) | |
| parent | t/README: tests can use perl even with NO_PERL (diff) | |
| download | tgif-46466ea1db6f68ffd4cd060ba3177ea8f461c72e.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jn/test-prereq-perl-doc'
* jn/test-prereq-perl-doc:
t/README: tests can use perl even with NO_PERL
Diffstat (limited to 't/README')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -629,11 +629,18 @@ See the prereq argument to the test_* functions in the "Test harness library" section above and the "test_have_prereq" function for how to use these, and "test_set_prereq" for how to define your own. - - PERL & PYTHON + - PYTHON - Git wasn't compiled with NO_PERL=YesPlease or - NO_PYTHON=YesPlease. Wrap any tests that need Perl or Python in - these. + Git wasn't compiled with NO_PYTHON=YesPlease. Wrap any tests that + need Python with this. + + - PERL + + Git wasn't compiled with NO_PERL=YesPlease. + + Even without the PERL prerequisite, tests can assume there is a + usable perl interpreter at $PERL_PATH, though it need not be + particularly modern. - POSIXPERM |