NAME
    CPAN::YACSmoke - Yet Another CPAN Smoke Tester

SYNOPSIS
      perl -MCPAN::YACSmoke -e test

REQUIREMENTS
    This package requires the following modules (most of which are not
    included with Perl):

      CPANPLUS
      File::HomeDir
      File::Spec
      IO::All
      LWP::Simple
      SDBM_File
      Test::Reporter
      URI

Installation
    Installation can be done using the traditional Makefile.PL or the
    newer Build.PL methods.

    Using Makefile.PL:

      perl Makefile.PL
      make
      make test
      make install

    (On Windows platforms you should use nmake instead.)

    Using Build.PL (if you have Module::Build installed):

      perl Build.PL
      perl Build
      perl Build test
      perl Build install

DESCRIPTION
    This module uses the backend of CPANPLUS to run tests on modules
    recently uploaded to CPAN and post results to the CPAN Testers list.

    It will create a database file in the .cpanplus directory which it uses
    to track tested distributions. This information will be used to keep
    from posting multiple reports for the same module, and to keep from
    testing modules that use non-passing modules as prerequisites.

    If it is given multiple versions of the same distribution to test, it
    will test the most recent version only. If that version fails, then it
    will test a previous version.

    By default it uses CPANPLUS configuration settings.

  EXPORTS
    The following routines are exported by default. They are intended to be
    called from the command-line, though they could be used from a script.

    test
          perl -MCPAN::YACSmoke -e test

          perl -MCPAN::YACSmoke
            -e test('authors/id/R/RR/RRWO/Some-Dist-0.01.tar.gz')

        Runs tests on CPAN distributions. Arguments should be paths of
        individual distributions in the author directories. If no arguments
        are given, it will download the RECENT file from CPAN and use that.

        By default it uses CPANPLUS configuration settings. If CPANPLUS is
        set not to send test reports, then it will not send test reports.

    mark
          perl -MCPAN::YACSmoke -e mark('Some-Dist-0.01')

          perl -MCPAN::YACSmoke -e mark('Some-Dist-0.01', 'fail')

        Retrieves the test result in the database, or changes the test
        result.

        It can be useful to update the status of a distribution that once
        failed or was untestable but now works, so as to test modules which
        make use of it.

CAVEATS
    This is a proto-type release. Use with caution and supervision.

    The current version has a very primitive interface and limited
    functionality. Future versions may have a lot of options.

    There is always a risk associated with automatically downloading and
    testing code from CPAN, which could turn out to be malicious or severely
    buggy. Do not run this on a critical machine.

    This module uses the backend of CPANPLUS to do most of the work, so is
    subject to any bugs of CPANPLUS.

AUTHOR
    Robert Rothenberg <rrwo at cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    Copyright (C) 2005 by Robert Rothenberg. All Rights Reserved.

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or, at
    your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.