NAME

cpanemu - Pretend that CPAN has downloaded the package in the current directory

SYNOPSIS

  cpanemu -m|-t|-i [Missing::Module [Missing::Module ...]]

    -m - Make package in current directory
    -t - Test package in current directory
    -i - Install package in current directory
    -d - Debug mode

EXAMPLE

  # Test how the current module behaves on CPAN without Module::Build installed
  cpanemu -t Module::Build

DESCRIPTION

cpanemu runs the "distdir" action on a perl package, loads up CPAN, and tells it it has just downloaded a distribution.

Using the "-m", "-t", and "-i" switches, you can tell CPAN to attempt to "make", "test", and/or "install" your package. What you see when this happens should closely approximate what an end-user will see when they use the CPAN shell to download your package from CPAN.

USAGE

Run "Makefile.PL" or "Build.PL" in your distribution. Then, run cpanemu in your distribution's directory, specifying the flags for the actions you want (-m for make, -t for test, -i for install).

Any other arguments specified are considered the names of modules that should be marked as missing. This will be done by generating fake packages that fail to load, making CPAN believe that they are not available. Note that only the current module will be tested; if some of these modules are prerequisites, they won't actually be downloaded, but you should expect CPAN's "Shall I follow them and prepend them to the queue" prompt if your module is set up correctly.

SEE ALSO

Test::CPANpm, CPAN

AUTHOR

Tyler "Crackerjack" MacDonald <japh@crackerjack.net>

LICENSE

Copyright 2005 Tyler MacDonald.

This is free software; you may redistribute it under the same terms as perl itself.