have the dependents test test all dependents

Author: wchristian

.github/workflows/test-dependents.yml

@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ jobs:
       image: perldocker/perl-tester:5.34
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: install extra modules
-        run: cpm install -g Test::DependentModules
+      - name: install action prereqs
+        run: cpm install -g Test::DependentModules IO::All
+      - name: generate dep prereqs
+        run: perl -Ixt -MDepReqs -e 'DepReqs->run'
+      - name: install dep prereqs
+        run: cpm install -g --cpanfile xt/cpanfile
       - name: Run Tests
         env:
           AUTHOR_TESTING: 0
@@ -24,4 +28,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test Dependents
         env:
           TEST_DEPENDENTS: 1
+          PERL_TEST_DM_CPAN_VERBOSE: 1
         run: prove -l xt/dependent-modules.t

.gitignore

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 /PPI-*.tar.gz
 /nytprof*
 /TODO
+/xt/cpanfile

xt/DepReqs.pm

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package    #
+  DepReqs;
+
+use strictures 2;
+
+use Test::DependentModules;
+use IO::All;
+
+1;
+
+__PACKAGE__->run;
+
+sub run {
+    my @deps = Test::DependentModules::_get_deps    #
+      PPI => { exclude => qr/^(Apache2-SSI|Devel-IPerl|Padre)$/ };
+    my $c    = MetaCPAN::Client->new;
+    my @reqs = map @{ $c->release($_)->dependency }, @deps;
+    io("xt/cpanfile")
+      ->print( join "\n", map qq[requires "$_->{module}" => "$_->{version}";],
+        @reqs );
+}

xt/dependent-modules.t

@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
-use strict;
-use warnings;
+use Test2::V0;
+use strictures 2;
 
-use Test::DependentModules qw( test_modules );
-use Test::More;
+use Test::DependentModules 'test_all_dependents';
 
-my @modules = ('Perl::Critic');
+skip_all "ENV var TEST_DEPENDENTS not set" if not $ENV{TEST_DEPENDENTS};
 
-SKIP: {
-    skip '$ENV{TEST_DEPENDENTS} not set', scalar @modules
-        unless $ENV{TEST_DEPENDENTS};
-    test_modules(@modules);
-
-}
-
-done_testing();
+test_all_dependents    #
+  PPI => { exclude => qr/^(Apache2-SSI|Devel-IPerl|Padre)$/ };