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+#!perl
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
+plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;
+my @poddirs = qw( lib addons plugins ); # plugins should be blank but...
+all_pod_files_ok( all_pod_files( @poddirs ) );