1 file changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/t0003-cache.sh b/tests/t0003-cache.sh
index d8051d9..91ed01f 100755
--- a/tests/t0003-cache.sh
+++ b/tests/t0003-cache.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ request_all_pages() {
 	done
 }
 
+# The PERL prerequisite says only that the build allows perl, so the tests
+# with perl helpers ask the interpreter itself, and skip where it is missing.
+test_lazy_prereq PERL_RUNS '
+	"$PERL_PATH" -e 1
+'
+
 # Runs a command while holding the flock on the file named first, as another
 # request at work on the same lock would.
 write_hold_lock() {
@@ -477,7 +483,7 @@ test_expect_success STRACE_DELAY 'a lock taken after the rename leaves the slot
 # may hold the slot's lock file only as the stdout it writes the page to. A
 # stray copy would keep the slot locked for as long as the filter, or
 # anything it leaves running, lives on.
-test_expect_success PERL 'a filter holds the lock file only as its stdout' '
+test_expect_success PERL_RUNS 'a filter holds the lock file only as its stdout' '
 	rm -rf cache3 && mkdir cache3 &&
 	write_script fd-filter "$PERL_PATH" <<-\EOF &&
 	use POSIX qw(fstat);
@@ -518,7 +524,7 @@ test_expect_success SANITY 'a refresh that cannot lock serves the expired slot a
 
 # A refresh that finds the lock held is another request already at work on
 # the slot, so the expired copy is served and nothing is logged.
-test_expect_success PERL 'a refresh finding the lock held serves the expired slot quietly' '
+test_expect_success PERL_RUNS 'a refresh finding the lock held serves the expired slot quietly' '
 	write_hold_lock &&
 	rm -rf cache3 && mkdir cache3 &&
 	cgit_ok bigkeyrc "url=bigpage/" >/dev/null &&
@@ -589,7 +595,7 @@ test_expect_success 'a scan whose list cannot be written lists each repository o
 # A request that finds the scan's lock held and has no list to go on scans
 # in its own process, leaving the file to the holder. That is only another
 # request at work and no cause for a line in the log.
-test_expect_success PERL 'a scan finding its lock held runs uncached' '
+test_expect_success PERL_RUNS 'a scan finding its lock held runs uncached' '
 	write_hold_lock &&
 	rm "cache5/$scanned_rc" &&
 	CGIT_CONFIG="$PWD/scanrc" QUERY_STRING="url=" \