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, <[email protected]>



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 [email protected]


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 <[email protected]>, 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 <[email protected]>