Test::Prereq - check if Makefile.PL has the right pre-requisites
# if you use Makefile.PL use Test::Prereq; prereq_ok();
# if you use Module::Build use Test::Prereq::Build; prereq_ok();
THIS IS ALPHA SOFTWARE. IT HAS SOME PROBLEMS.
The prereq_ok() function examines the modules it finds in blib/lib/ and the test files it finds in t/. It figures out which modules they use, skips the modules that are in the Perl core, and compares the remaining list of modules to those in the PREREQ_PM section of Makefile.PL. If you use Module::Build instead, see Test::Prereq::Build instead.
Your Makefile.PL must end in a true value since prereq_ok() has to require() it to perform a bit of magic. Not to worry---it will tell you when you don't.
If you don't specify a version, prereq_ok assumes you want to compare the list of prerequisite modules to version 5.6.1.
Valid version come from Module::CoreList (which uses $[):
5.008 5.00307 5.00405 5.00503 5.007003 5.004 5.005 5.006 5.006001
prereq_ok attempts to remove modules found in blib and libraries found in t from the reported prerequisites.
The optional third argument is an array reference to a list of names that prereq_ok should ignore. You might want to use this if your tests do funny things with require.
* skip the modules included in the distribution. at the moment I skip things that match the string in NAME in WriteMakefile and I don't think that's a good solution.
* figure out which modules depend on others, and then apply that to what i see in the PREREQ_PM.
brian d foy, <bdfoy@cpan.org>
Copyright 2002, brian d foy, All Rights Reserved.
You may use, modify, and distribute this package under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Test::Prereq, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Test::Prereq
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Test::Prereq
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.