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authorPetter <petter@mykolab.ch>2017-10-24 18:25:19 +0200
committerRicardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>2017-10-24 18:38:32 +0200
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gnu: Add perl-test-taint.
* gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl-test-taint): New variable. Signed-off-by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
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--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -7896,6 +7896,32 @@ makes fork(2) safe to use in test cases.")
"Test-Simple-" version))
(license (package-license perl))))
+(define-public perl-test-taint
+ (package
+ (name "perl-test-taint")
+ (version "1.06")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/Test-Taint-"
+ version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "01rip5d7gdr1c7lq6yczzkqfd0500nfa977ryigylj6jj75526vj"))))
+ (build-system perl-build-system)
+ (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Taint/")
+ (synopsis "Checks for taintedness of variables")
+ (description "Tainted data is data that comes from an unsafe source, such
+as the command line, or, in the case of web apps, any @code{GET} or
+@code{POST} transactions. Read the @code{perlsec} man page for details on why
+tainted data is bad, and how to untaint the data.
+
+When you're writing unit tests for code that deals with tainted data, you'll
+want to have a way to provide tainted data for your routines to handle, and
+easy ways to check and report on the taintedness of your data, in standard
+@code{Test::More} style.")
+ (license (package-license perl))))
+
(define-public perl-test-tester
(package
(name "perl-test-tester")