---
name: "Module::Install::ExtraTests"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmodule-install-extratests-perl"
version: "0.008-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Module::Install::ExtraTests"
---

# Module::Install::ExtraTests(3pm)

contextual tests that the harness can ignore

## NAME

Module::Install::ExtraTests - contextual tests that the harness can ignore

## VERSION

0\.008

## COMMANDS

This plugin adds one Module::Install command:

### extra\_tests

```
  extra_tests;
```

This declares that the test files found in the directory *./xt* should be run only in certain instances:

```
  ./xt/author  - run when the tests are being run in an author's working copy
  ./xt/smoke   - run when the dist is being smoked (AUTOMATED_TESTING=1)
  ./xt/release - run during "make disttest"
```

These directories are recurisvely scanned for \*.t files.  If any directories or files exist in *./xt* that are not recognized, the Makefile.PL will die.

**Achtung!**  This is pretty scary, experimental code, mostly because it relies on the pretty scary, non-experimental-but-seriously-sketchy underlying customization system for ExtUtils::MakeMaker.  I may remove this warning when I've decided that this is stable enough, but until then:

```
  HIC SUNT DRACONES
```

## AUTHOR TESTS

"Is this being run by an author?" is determined internally by Module::Install, but at the time of the writing of this version it's determined by the existence of a directory called *.author* in *./inc*.  (On VMS, it's *\_author*.)  This directory is created when Module::Install's *Makefile.PL* is run in a directory where no *./inc* directory exists.

## BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at \<http://rt.cpan.org\>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2008, Ricardo SIGNES.  This program is free software;  you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.