| Tom Phoenix 2006-01-24, 6:56 pm |
| On 1/24/06, John Rose <jbrose11@yahoo.com> wrote:
> and make test (which is never 100% ok)
> and make install
> Xerces PERL does not seem to install. Is there
> something in that that should be in that installation
> sequence that isnt there?
There is no formal requirement that one should progressively fix bugs
until 'make test' has 100% success. The tests merely reflect how
someone else expected the code to behave. If you want it to behave in
a different way, you should make up tests that check what's important
to you, then make sure that 100% of those tests pass.
On the other hand, you and other users of the software may benefit
from it working more as intended, rather than less. Towards that goal,
can the failing tests lead you to some idea of what needs to be
changed? Some tests have comments that may be helpful.
As to the installation issue, 'make install' should complain if
something is going wrong, but maybe it's not noticing. Are there any
clues in the output from 'make', 'make test', or 'make install'?
Good luck with it!
--Tom Phoenix
Stonehenge Perl Training
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