v4.11.0

Author: jdhitsolutions

PSAutoLab.psd1

@@ -1,20 +1,42 @@
-#kick off a background job to find
+#kick off a background job to find the current version of this module in the PSGallery
 
 $job = Start-Job {Find-Module -name PSAutolab -Repository PSGallery }
 
+#dot source functions
+. $PSScriptRoot\functions\public.ps1
+. $PSScriptRoot\functions\private.ps1
+
+#region module check
+#this code should be redundant and unnecessary since the manifest specifies required Modules
+#but we'll keep it as a fail safe.
+
 #declare the currently supported version of Lability
 $LabilityVersion = "0.19.1"
 $ConfigurationPath = Join-Path -path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath Configurations
 
-#dot source functions
-. $PSScriptRoot\functions\public.ps1
-. $PSScriptRoot\functions\private.ps1
+#declare the currently supported version of Pester
+#Pester v5 is incompatible with the current validation tests
+$PesterVersion = "4.10.1"
 
 $currentLability = Get-Module -Name Lability -ListAvailable | Sort-Object -property version | Select-Object -last 1
 if ($currentLability.version -lt $LabilityVersion) {
     Write-Host "You appear to be running an older version of the Lability module. Run Refresh-Host to update to version $LabilityVersion" -ForegroundColor yellow
 }
 
+$currentPester = Get-Module -fullyqualifiedname @{ModuleName = "Pester"; ModuleVersion = "$PesterVersion"} -ListAvailable
+if (-not $CurrentPester) {
+    Write-Host "You do not have the required version of the Pester module. If you have already run
+    Setup-Host, please run Refresh-Host to install Pester version $PesterVersion. Newer versions may
+    not be supported in this module." -ForegroundColor yellow
+}
+else {
+    #remove any existing  versions of the module.
+    Get-Module Pester | Remove-Module
+    #write-host "Importing Pester v$PesterVersion" -ForegroundColor green
+    Import-Module -Name Pester -RequiredVersion $pesterVersion -global -Force
+}
+#endregion
+
 [version]$thisVersion = (Test-ModuleManifest -path $psscriptroot\psautolab.psd1).version
 $job | Wait-Job
 [version]$onlineVersion = ($job | Receive-Job).version