From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:10:03 GMT Subject: [PATCH 7/8] t/README: Add a section about skipping tests Message-ID: <1277997004-29504-8-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1277997004-29504-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason --- t/README | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index 6232567..42a4c25 100644 --- a/t/README +++ b/t/README @@ -231,6 +231,18 @@ This test harness library does the following things: consistently when command line arguments --verbose (or -v), --debug (or -d), and --immediate (or -i) is given. +Skipping tests +-------------- + +If you need to skip all the remaining tests you should set skip_all +and immediately call test_done. The string you give to skip_all will +be used as an explanation for why the test was skipped. for instance: + + if ! test_have_prereq PERL + then + skip_all='skipping perl interface tests, perl not available' + test_done + fi End with test_done ------------------ -- 1.7.1.251.g92a7