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List:       perl-qa
Subject:    Re: The evil t/pod.t recap
From:       Eric Wilhelm <scratchcomputing () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-06-30 23:27:17
Message-ID: 200806301627.17595.ewilhelm () cpan ! org
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# from David Cantrell
# on Monday 30 June 2008 16:04:

>> If you truly have *the* Evil Cargo-Culted t/pod.t (which has been
>> previously discussed here and elsewhere), it fails spuriously for
>> some users.
>
>Is this The Evil?
>
>http://drhyde.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/drhyde/perlmodules/Class-
>CanBeA/t/pod.t?revision=1.1&content-type=text%2Fplain

Yes.  If you (or a co-maintainer) ever accidentally push a release from 
a machine without a Test::Pod and your pod has errors, any users who 
have Test::Pod get stuck.

IIRC, that was the default situation for Module::Starter for some time 
(and might still be.)  So, it is a symptom of a quite potentially evil 
situation, especially if the pod fails.

  http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.qa/2007/07/msg8842.html

--Eric
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