NAME

       Dist::Zilla::Plugin::RequiresExternal - make dists require external commands

VERSION

       version 1.006

SYNOPSIS

       In your dist.ini:

           [RequiresExternal]
           requires = /path/to/some/executable
           requires = executable_in_path

DESCRIPTION

       This Dist::Zilla plugin creates a test in your distribution to check for the existence of
       executable commands you require.

ATTRIBUTES

   requires
       Each "requires" attribute should be either an absolute path to an executable or the name
       of a command in the user's "PATH" environment.  Multiple "requires" lines are allowed.

       Example from a dist.ini file:

           [RequiresExternal]
           requires = sqlplus
           requires = /usr/bin/java

       This will require the program "sqlplus" to be available somewhere in the user's "PATH" and
       the program "java" specifically in /usr/bin.

   fatal
       Boolean value to determine if a failed test will immediately stop testing.  It also causes
       the test name to change to t/000-requires_external.t so that it runs earlier.  Defaults to
       false.

METHODS

   gather_files
       Adds a t/requires_external.t test script to your distribution that checks if each
       "requires" item is executable.

   metadata
       Using this plugin will add Test::Most and Env::Path to your distribution's testing
       prerequisites since the generated script uses those modules.

SEE ALSO

       This module was indirectly inspired by Module::Install::External's requires_external_bin
       command.

SUPPORT

   Perldoc
       You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

         perldoc Dist::Zilla::Plugin::RequiresExternal

   Websites
       The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you.
       As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to
       discover more resources.

       •   Search CPAN

           The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

           <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RequiresExternal>

       •   AnnoCPAN

           The AnnoCPAN is a website that allows community annotations of Perl module
           documentation.

           <http://annocpan.org/dist/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RequiresExternal>

       •   CPAN Ratings

           The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and reviews of Perl
           modules.

           <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RequiresExternal>

       •   CPANTS

           The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics ) of a distribution.

           <http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RequiresExternal>

       •   CPAN Testers

           The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on uploaded CPAN
           distributions.

           <http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/D/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RequiresExternal>

       •   CPAN Testers Matrix

           The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview of the test
           results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.

           <http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RequiresExternal>

       •   CPAN Testers Dependencies

           The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the test results of
           all dependencies for a distribution.

           <http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Dist::Zilla::Plugin::RequiresExternal>

   Bugs / Feature Requests
       Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at
       <https://github.com/mjgardner/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RequiresExternal/issues>. You will be
       automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.

   Source Code
       The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to
       browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me
       a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :)

       <https://github.com/mjgardner/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RequiresExternal>

         git clone git://github.com/mjgardner/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RequiresExternal.git

AUTHOR

       Mark Gardner <mjgardner@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2015 by GSI Commerce.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.