Ola,
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> From: Alberto Simões via RT <bug-Net-OpenSSH@rt.cpan.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 11:45:05 PM
> Subject: [rt.cpan.org #41274] Tests should not try to make connections... not as root, not to localhost
>
> Thu Nov 27 17:45:03 2008: Request 41274 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by AMBS
> Queue: Net-OpenSSH
> Subject: Tests should not try to make connections... not as root, not to
> localhost
> Broken in: 0.03
> Severity: (no value)
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: ambs@cpan.org
> Status: new
> Ticket
>
>
> Hello
>
> I didn't start using Net::OpenSSH yet but it seems promising for some
> projects I have in mind. But the test suite is not well suited for every
> installation:
>
> - Not all client machines have ssh running as a server. Thus, it is not
> possible to test connection to localhost.
>
> - Some other servers have SSH but does not let the root user to log in
> using SSH.
>
> I know this will break automatic testing but the only solution I can see
> at the moment is one of the three:
> - skip these kind of tests (put them in the distribution but not
> activate them with make test);
> - put tests as TODO, so that they do not interfere with installation
> - ask the user to enter a username and server where to test.
>
> In any case, any of the solutions above are better than the current one.
> I am sure that many of the CPAN Testers Reports you are getting will fail.
Well, the idea is to *try* to connect to localhost without password. If that works, run the test suite and if not, just skip everything.
The module is still in development, very unstable and the test reports I get from the CPAN Testers are very valuable to me, even if most of them fail.
Maybe, once it gets mature, I will make them fully optional... I will see how it goes, my only real concern is somebody getting annoyed by the module trying to log into its machine.
> Keep the good work,
> See you in Lisbon ;)
sure, see you!
- Salva
