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Module's prerequisite needs Module for testing

jfluhmann on 2007-05-25T15:43:27

I was installing Test::Pod::Coverage this morning and found it a little funny that one of the missing prerequisites skipped a test because it needed Test::Pod::Coverage. Here's a snippet of the log:

C:\>perl -MCPAN -e"install Test::Pod::Coverage"
....
Running install for module Test::Pod::Coverage
....
Warning: prerequisite Pod::Coverage 0 not found.
....
Running install for module Pod::Coverage
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Warning: prerequisite Devel::Symdump 2.01 not found.
....
Running install for module Devel::Symdump
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t/podcover....skipped
        all skipped: Test::Pod::Coverage required for testing pod coverage
....

coverage tests

slanning on 2007-05-25T17:37:08

Running coverage tests during installation is useless and annoying anyway.

Re:coverage tests

sigzero on 2007-05-25T19:45:40

No kidding...!