MMM should check needed perl modules on startup

[Walter Heck]

As discussed in http://groups.google.com/group/mmm-devel/browse_thread/thread/8b206057180e1fa?hl=en
MMM doesn't check if all the required perl modules (and maybe even other prerequisites?) are available. As a result, it can die with strange and hard-to-track down errors.

[brad b (bradbrewermail)]

Perhaps, for each module required, perl -e "use Net::ARP" could be executed. If the package isn't installed, the output can be logged along with...

     did you install Net::ARP? try...
     cpan
     cpan> install Net::ARP

[Will G. (will-launchpad)]

MMM 2.0.x is installed using make. There is a Makefile that is present in the .tar.gz that is available for download.

Perhaps the best solution would be to include these tests in the make file, under each section, prior to actually moving and installing the binaries. Or perhaps convert it to a Makefile.PL like many perl modules use to create their Makefile. This would allow the use of PREREQ_PM.