Merge branch 'jn/test-prereq-perl-doc' into maint
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
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 2167125..0a939eb 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -629,11 +629,18 @@
library" section above and the "test_have_prereq" function for how to
use these, and "test_set_prereq" for how to define your own.
- - PERL & PYTHON
+ - PYTHON
- Git wasn't compiled with NO_PERL=YesPlease or
- NO_PYTHON=YesPlease. Wrap any tests that need Perl or Python in
- these.
+ Git wasn't compiled with NO_PYTHON=YesPlease. Wrap any tests that
+ need Python with this.
+
+ - PERL
+
+ Git wasn't compiled with NO_PERL=YesPlease.
+
+ Even without the PERL prerequisite, tests can assume there is a
+ usable perl interpreter at $PERL_PATH, though it need not be
+ particularly modern.
- POSIXPERM
