def METHOD_NAME(mod_path):
    history_path = os.path.join(mod_path, HISTORY_NAME)
    source_path = None
    destination_path = None
    with open(history_path, 'r') as f:
        input_string = f.read()
        _, pub = core.publish_programmatically(
            source_class=io.StringInput, source=input_string,
            source_path=source_path,
            destination_class=io.NullOutput, destination=None,
            destination_path=destination_path,
            reader=None, reader_name='standalone',
            parser=None, parser_name='restructuredtext',
            writer=None, writer_name='null',
            settings=None, settings_spec=None, settings_overrides={},
            config_section=None, enable_exit_status=None)
        # Check first heading is Release History
        if pub.writer.document.children[0].rawsource != RELEASE_HISTORY_TITLE:
            print("Expected '{}' as first heading in HISTORY.rst".format(RELEASE_HISTORY_TITLE))
            return False
        all_versions = [t['names'][0] for t in pub.writer.document.children if t['names']]
        # Check that no headings contain 'unreleased'. We don't require it any more
        if any('unreleased' in v.lower() for v in all_versions):
            print("We no longer require 'unreleased' in headings. Use the appropriate version number instead.")
            return False
        # Check that the current package version has a history entry
        if not all_versions:
            print("Unable to get versions from {}. Check formatting. e.g. there should be a new line after the 'Release History' heading.".format(history_path))
            return False
        first_version_history = all_versions[0]
        actual_version = subprocess.check_output('python setup.py --version'.split(), cwd=mod_path, universal_newlines=True)
        actual_version = actual_version.strip()
        if first_version_history != actual_version:
            print("The topmost version in {} does not match version {} defined in setup.py.".format(history_path, actual_version))
            return False
        return True