From 255b538152aa4e28eaaca7bf41ea2a5368d77ac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 11:23:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] http/cgi: skip test if perl or CGI.pm not available

R=bradfitzgo, bradfitzwork
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4264047
---
 src/pkg/http/cgi/cgi_test.go | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/http/cgi/cgi_test.go b/src/pkg/http/cgi/cgi_test.go
index d88d787d58..daf9a2cb3e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/cgi/cgi_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/cgi/cgi_test.go
@@ -8,15 +8,29 @@ package cgi
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"exec"
 	"fmt"
 	"http"
 	"http/httptest"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+var cgiScriptWorks = canRun("./testdata/test.cgi")
+
+func canRun(s string) bool {
+	c, err := exec.Run(s, []string{s}, nil, ".", exec.DevNull, exec.DevNull, exec.DevNull)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	w, err := c.Wait(0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return w.Exited() && w.ExitStatus() == 0
+}
+
 func newRequest(httpreq string) *http.Request {
 	buf := bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(httpreq))
 	req, err := http.ReadRequest(buf)
@@ -59,10 +73,10 @@ readlines:
 }
 
 func skipTest(t *testing.T) bool {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+	if !cgiScriptWorks {
 		// No Perl on Windows, needed by test.cgi
 		// TODO: make the child process be Go, not Perl.
-		t.Logf("Skipping test on Windows; no Perl.")
+		t.Logf("Skipping test: test.cgi failed.")
 		return true
 	}
 	return false