Howdy all am I thinking of this corretcly: According to: http://search.cpan.org/author/JHI/perl-5.8.0/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm#make_test
If I have a file called test.pl it will run that script as teste of the installation. So if they do by hand: perl Makefile.PL # create make file make # use Makefile make test # runs test.pl make install # if I want to install Now if they leave out make test then they are on their own. But if I put this in test.pl and it fails then they'll see that it failed and know not to go further, right?: test.pl : #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; eval { use CGI qw(:standard); use DBI; }; if($@) { print "Error: you are mjissing module you pansy!\n"; } else { print "Test Ok\n"; } So if one of those modules are not installed make test will give them my erro message. Is that correct? Or is there a better way to insure any modules it uses are installed/try to install them if not/and fail if they can't be found or installed? Either via the make dance or via CPAN ? Documentation on this specific subject welcome also, I looked at what others pointed me tooo but it didn't address it specifically. TIA Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]