Test::CPAN::Meta - Validation of the META.yml file in a CPAN distribution.
There are two forms this module can be used.
The first is a standalone test of your distribution's META.yml file:
use Test::More; eval "use Test::CPAN::Meta"; plan skip_all => "Test::CPAN::Meta required for testing META.yml" if $@; meta_yaml_ok();
Note that you may provide an optional label/comment/message/etc to the function, or one will be created automatically.
The second form allows you to test other META.yml files, or specify a specific version you wish to test against:
use Test::More test => 6; use Test::CPAN::Meta; # specify a file and specification version meta_spec_ok('META.yml','1.3',$msg); # specify the specification version to validate the local META.yml meta_spec_ok(undef,'1.3',$msg); # specify a file, where the specification version is deduced # from the file itself meta_spec_ok('META.yml',undef,$msg);
Note that this form requires you to specify the number of tests you will be running in your test script. Also note that each 'meta_spec_ok' is actually 2 tests under the hood.
This module was written to ensure that a META.yml file, provided with a standard distribution uploaded to CPAN, meets the specifications that are slowly being introduced to module uploads, via the use of package makers and installers such as ExtUtils::MakeMaker, Module::Build and Module::Install.
A test module to validate a CPAN META.yml file.
meta_yaml_ok([$msg])
Basic META.yml wrapper around meta_spec_ok.
Returns a hash reference to the contents of the parsed META.yml
meta_spec_ok($file, $version [,$msg])
Validates the named file against the given specification version. Both $file and $version can be undefined.
Returns a hash reference to the contents of the given file, after it has been parsed.
There are currently 3 distributions to test META files:
Test-CPAN-Meta Test-JSON-Meta Test-YAML-Meta
All three have slightly different requirements and are intended to be used in slightly different environments.
Test-YAML-Meta requires a YAML parser, and currently looks for the YAML or YAML::Syck modules. This is the original variant of the 3 and was intended to provide a more complete YAML validation of a META.yml.
Test-CPAN-Meta requires the Parse::CPAN::Meta module, which is now part of Perl Core as of perl-5.10.1. This version is intended to be used by those only wishing to rely on core modules to test their META.yml files.
Test-JSON-Meta is the most recent addition to the family, and is specifically aimed at those distributions that use a META.json Meta file. The distribution requires the JSON module to parse the Meta file.
There are no known bugs at the time of this release. However, if you spot a bug or are experiencing difficulties that are not explained within the POD documentation, please send an email to barbie@cpan.org or submit a bug to the RT system (http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Test-YAML-Meta). However, it would help greatly if you are able to pinpoint problems or even supply a patch.
Fixes are dependant upon their severity and my availablity. Should a fix not be forthcoming, please feel free to (politely) remind me.
Test::YAML::Valid
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Barbie, <barbie@cpan.org> for Miss Barbell Productions, http://www.missbarbell.co.uk
Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Barbie for Miss Barbell Productions This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Test::CPAN::Meta, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Test::CPAN::Meta
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Test::CPAN::Meta
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.