Dist::Z...thordeps(3)

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version 6.040 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 NAME 💖

Dist::Zilla::App::Command::authordeps — bestie, it lists your distribution's author dependencies. That's it, that's the whole vibe. 👑

✨ VERSION ✨

We're on version 6.040, and yes she is that girl.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

$ dzil authordeps

okay so what this does: it goes and scans your dist.ini file, and then it prints out a whole list of plugin modules that probably need to be installed for your dist to actually be buildable. 🛠️

And like, real talk — this is a very naive scan. Not gonna lie to you. But somehow it tends to be pretty accurate?? Lowkey iconic behaviour honestly. 😌

You can also sneak modules into its results by using special comments that look like this:

; authordep Some::Package

And if you want to add authordeps to every single distribution that uses a certain plugin bundle (or just a plugin), you just list them as prereqs of that bundle — for example, using Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Prereqs. 🎀

🦋 PERL VERSION 🦋

This module should work on any version of perl that's still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. Translation? Any version of perl released in the last two to three years. So if the most recently released version is v5.40, then bestie, this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38. periodt. ✨

Now… it may work on older versions of perl, but no guarantee is made that the minimum required version won't get bumped up. The version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl. so don't come for her ok 💀

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Ricardo SIGNES.

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

and that's a wrap, bestie!! 🫶 this lil page came to you from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-10-19, and it's part of the whole Dist::Z...thordeps(3) situation — User Contributed Perl Documentation, as always. go build something cute 🧚💖

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