Test::LatestPrereqs - test if the required module versions are big enough
In your test:
use strict; use warnings; use Test::LatestPrereqs; all_prereqs_are_latest();
From the command line (shell):
> test_prereqs_version --update
You may sometimes want to increase version requirement of a dependency for a distribution, because of a bug or a new feature. And you might immediately upgrade other distributions that require the same dependency. That's good.
However, I'm lazy. "I'll do it later, maybe when I add other features to them," and eventually I forget what or to which version I should upgrade. That's lame.
With this module, you can store preferred versions for notable dependencies in a configuration file, and test if dependencies for your distribution have the latest (or even greater) version requirement.
You shouldn't include this test in a distribution (even in the "xt" directory) as this is solely for a module author, and the preference may differ by person.
reads Makefile.PL/Build.PL (or the files you pass as arguments), gathers requirements/recommendations, tests their versions, and returns the required modules/versions. Note that this test may break when the Makefile.PL/Build.PL does weird/wicked things as this actually executes the files with locally mocked makemakers (but don't worry; it's you or your trusted friends who wrote those Makefile.PL/Build.PL. If you want a bot to run this test for modules you can't always trust, take a bit more care).
Kenichi Ishigaki, <ishigaki@cpan.org>
Copyright (C) 2009 by Kenichi Ishigaki.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Test::LatestPrereqs, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Test::LatestPrereqs
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Test::LatestPrereqs
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.