NAME¶
DhMakePerl::Utils - helper routines for dh-make-perl and alike
SYNOPSIS¶
use DhMakePerl::Utils qw(is_core_module);
my $v = is_core_module('Test::More', '1.002');
my $v = nice_perl_ver('5.010001');
FUNCTIONS¶
None of he following functions is exported by default.
- find_cpan_module
- Returns CPAN::Module object that corresponds to the supplied argument.
Returns undef if no module is found by CPAN.
If the CPAN module needs to be configured in some way, that should be done
before calling this function.
- find_cpan_distribution
- Returns CPAN::Distribution object that corresponds to the supplied
argument. Returns undef if no distribution is found by CPAN.
If the CPAN module needs to be configured in some way, that should be done
before calling this function.
- is_core_module module, version
- Returns the version of the "perl" package containing the given
module (at least version version).
Returns "undef" if module is not a core module.
- nice_perl_ver version_string
- Re-formats perl version to match Debian's perl package versions.
For example 5.010 (and 5.01) is converted to 5.10.
- core_module_perls module[, min-version]
- Returns a list of Perl versions that have module. If
min-version is given, the list contains only Perl versions
containing module at least version min-version.
- find_core_perl_dependency( $module[, $version] )
- return a dependency on perl containing the required module version. If the
module is not available in any perl released by Debian, return undef.
- split_version_relation string
- Splits the string, typically found in dependency fields' values in CPAN
META into relation and version. If no relation is found in the string,
">=" is assumed.
Returns a list of relation and version. The relation is suitable for using
in Debian package dependency version requirements.
For example
- split_version_relation('0.45') returns ( '>=', '0.45' )
- split_version_relation('< 0.56') returns ( '<<', '0.56' )
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE¶
- Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010 Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
Software Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin
Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.