README for Module::Report::Versions

Time-stamp: "2003-06-21 23:18:00 AHDT"

NAME

Module::Versions::Report -- report versions of all modules in memory

SYNOPSIS

use Module::Versions::Report;

...and any code you want...

This will run all your code normally, but then as the Perl interpreter is about to exit, it will print something like:

      Perl v5.6.1 under MSWin32.
       Modules in memory:
        attributes;
        AutoLoader v5.58;
        Carp;
        Config;
        DynaLoader v1.04;
        Exporter v5.562;
        Module::Versions::Report v1.01;
        HTML::Entities v1.22;
        HTML::HeadParser v2.15;
        HTML::Parser v3.25;
        [... and whatever other modules were loaded that session...]

Consider its use from the command line:

% perl -MModule::Versions::Report -MLWP -e 1

      Perl v5.6.1 under MSWin32.
       Modules in memory:
        attributes;
        AutoLoader v5.58;
        [...]

DESCRIPTION

I often get email from someone reporting a bug in a module I've written. I email back, asking what version of the module it is, what version of Perl on what OS, and sometimes what version of some relevent third library (like XML::Parser). They reply, saying "Perl 5". I say "I need the exact version, as reported by "perl -v"". They tell me. And I say "I, uh, also asked about the version of my module and XML::Parser [or whatever]". They say "Oh yeah. It's 2.27". "Is that my module or XML::Parser?" "XML::Parser." "OK, and what about my module's version?" "Ohyeah. That's 3.11." By this time, days have passed, and what should have been a simple operation -- reporting the version of Perl and relevent modules, has been needlessly complicated.

This module is for simplifying that task. If you add "use Module::Versions::Report;" to a program (especially handy if your program is one that demonstrates a bug in some module), then when the program has finished running, you well get a report detailing the all modules in memory, and noting the version of each (for modules that defined a $VERSION, at least).

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER

Copyright 2001-2003 Sean M. Burke. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

AUTHOR

Sean M. Burke, <sburke@cpan.org>

PREREQUISITES

This suite requires Perl 5.

INSTALLATION

You install Module::Versions::Report, as you would install any Perl module distribution, by running these commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

If you want to install a private copy of Module::Versions::Report in your home directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with something like this command:

perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/perl

See perldoc perlmodinstall for more information.

DOCUMENTATION

See the pod in Module::Versions::Report.

SUPPORT

Questions, bug reports, useful code bits, and suggestions for Worms should be sent to me at sburke@cpan.org

AVAILABILITY

The latest version of Module::Versions::Report is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a CPAN site near you.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001-2003, Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>