Mark Hedges wrote:
>  On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Fred Moyer wrote:
> >> I've been getting cpan-testers results like this.  What
> >> should I do?  Thanks... --m--
> > See sub test in:
> >
> > http://search.cpan.org/src/PHRED/Apache-Dispatch-0.10/Makefile.PL
>  
>  Wouldn't that Makefile.PL die if mod_perl is not installed,
>  instead of requiring all libs and then running the tests
>  with them when they are followed by the CPAN user?
>  
>  Don't I want it to prompt CPAN to follow dependencies?  But
>  if I override &test in this way, how then do I run the tests
>  that need to be run once `make` has begun?
>  
>  Aha, if I use ModPerl::MM then directives will work, nice.
>  Thanks!

not all things wanting to use Apache::Test have access to (or want) 
mod_perl - Apache-Test is its own distribution on CPAN, so you might not 
have ModPerl::MM

>  
> > In short, you override the test target in the Makefile.
> > I can't take credit for that code as I stole most of it
> > from Geoff's modules :)
>  
>  Weird with the package namespace and MY:: and whatnot.  

welcome to ExtUtils::MakeMaker

>  But
>  maybe it should just die if it can't require ModPerl::MM. If
>  you haven't installed mod_perl and you can't figure out what
>  to do next, maybe you shouldn't install this module.

if mod_perl is a requirement, yes.

>  
> > I'm trying to abstract a bunch of this dirty work out in
> > Apache::Bootstrap, but that is primarily geared at dual
> > life mp1/mp2 modules, so I don't know how this conditional
> > test code will fit in.
>  
>  Sounds like a headache! Yeah I have decided I am too lazy to
>  live in the past while simultaneously trying to keep up.
>  :-)

this is a Makefile.PL for an Apache-Test-based test suite where mod_perl 
is not required.

http://search.cpan.org/src/GEOFF/WebService-CaptchasDotNet-0.06/Makefile.PL

HTH

--Geoff