Module::Versions::Report -- report versions of all modules in memory
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;
[...]
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).
If this package is imported then END block is set, and report printed to
stdout on a program exit, so use use Module::Versions::Report; if you
need a report on exit or use Module::Versions::Report (); otherwise
and call report or print_report functions yourself.
The first one returns preformatted report as a string, the latter outputs a report to stdout.
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.
Ruslan U. Zakirov <ruz@bestpractical.com>
Sean M. Burke, <sburke@cpan.org>