[Bioperl-l] Bioperl NT update

[J.C. Diggans]

NT gives 'MSWin32', I would imagine that sounds generic enough that 9x
platforms would probably print the same thing. 

- jc

Hilmar Lapp wrote:
> 
> Peter Schattner wrote:
> > The test scripts for the clustalw.pm, standaloneblast.pm and tcoffee.pm
> > modules check for the presence of the respective underlying programs
> > they need on the host machine when in a Unix (or Linux) environment.  If
> > they are not found, the respective tests are skipped.  However, under NT
> > this approach is untested and probably won?t work.  I suspect the
> > underlying programs may not even be available under NT (or Mac).
> >
> > I think the best bet would be to completely skip all the tests relating
> > to these modules unless the host OS is a Unix variant.  Alternatively,
> > the tests could presumably live with precomputed output to be used if
> > the Bioperl installation test-harness detects a non-unix environment .
> > However I do not know how to incorporate either of these approaches in
> > the Bioperl installation.  Can anyone help?
> >
> 
>         $ perl -e 'print $^O,"\n";'
> 
> (or $OSNAME; see 'perldoc perlvar') lets you figure out the OS of the host.
> (Could people using Mac and NT send what it prints on their machines?)
> 
> What is the problem with precomputed results?
> 
>         Hilmar
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