NAME Test::Needs - Skip tests when modules not available SYNOPSIS use Test::Needs 'Some::Module'; use Test::Needs { 'Some::Module' => '1.005', }; use Test::Needs; test_needs 'Some::Module'; use Test::More; use Test::Needs; subtest 'my subtest' => sub { test_needs 'Some::Module'; # skips remainder of subtest }; use Test::Needs 5.020; DESCRIPTION Skip test scripts if modules are not available. The requested modules will be loaded, and optionally have their versions checked. If the module is missing, the test script will be skipped. Modules that are found but fail to compile will exit with an error rather than skip. If used in a subtest, the rest of the subtest will be skipped. If the "RELEASE_TESTING" environment variable is set, the tests will fail rather than skip. Subtests will be aborted, but the test script will continue running after that point. If a bare version number is specified, it is checked against the perl version. EXPORTS test_needs Has the same interface as when using Test::Needs in a "use". SEE ALSO Test::Requires A similar module, with some important differences. Test::Requires will act as a "use" statement (despite its name), calling the import sub. Under "RELEASE_TESTING", it will BAIL_OUT if a module fails to load rather than using a normal test fail. It also doesn't distinguish between missing modules and broken modules. AUTHOR haarg - Graham Knop (cpan:HAARG) CONTRIBUTORS None so far. COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2016 the Test::Needs "AUTHOR" and "CONTRIBUTORS" as listed above. LICENSE This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms as perl itself. See .