From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:59:48 GMT Subject: [PATCH v4 6/7] t/README: Add a section about skipping tests Message-ID: <1278082789-19872-7-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1278082789-19872-1-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 04ad927..4079635 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