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The interaction between use of Perl in our test suite and NO_PERL has been clarified a bit. * jn/test-prereq-perl-doc: t/README: tests can use perl even with NO_PERL
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library" section above and the "test_have_prereq" function for how to
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use these, and "test_set_prereq" for how to define your own.
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- PERL & PYTHON
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Git wasn't compiled with NO_PERL=YesPlease or
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NO_PYTHON=YesPlease. Wrap any tests that need Perl or Python in
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these.
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Git wasn't compiled with NO_PYTHON=YesPlease. Wrap any tests that
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need Python with this.
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- PERL
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Git wasn't compiled with NO_PERL=YesPlease.
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Even without the PERL prerequisite, tests can assume there is a
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usable perl interpreter at $PERL_PATH, though it need not be
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particularly modern.
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