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Torsten B=C3=B6gershausen <tboegi@web.de> writes:

> That's true, but the test passes anyway.

You can also remove the body of the test and replace it with "true"
and say "the test passes anyway".  Changing the test to use a file
with only one line is irresponsible, if you do not know the nature
of expected future bug that requires 10 lines to be there to
manifest that the test wants to try.

test_seq was invented exactly for the purpose of accomodating
platforms that lack seq, so using it would probably be the best
first step.  Updating implementation of test_seq to avoid $PERL
would be a separate step, if desired (I personally do not think
that is worth it).