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Changes for version 0.96

  • if distro misses NAME, use DISTNAME if available (patch provided by Serguei Trouchelle)
  • fix problem with v-style versions of modules when creating PPD and tgz/zip bundle with --vsr (patch provided by Serguei Trouchelle)
  • omit warning when development version of Archive::Tar is used (patch provided by Serguei Trouchelle).
  • refactor searching for ppm info into PPM::Make::Search
  • use META information available from http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/ so that SOAP::Lite isn't required
  • add the make_ppm_install script, and associated module PPM::Make::CPAN, for use as the make_install_make_command within CPAN.pm to install modules via ppm.

Documentation

make a PPM distribution
make a bundle of ppm packages
install a distribution within CPAN.pm via ppm
build and install a distribution via ppm
generate summary files for a ppm repository

Modules

Make a ppm package from a CPAN distribution
make a bundle of ppm packages
helper module for using ppm within CPAN.pm
Utility functions configuring PPM::Make
build and install a distribution via ppm
Obtain meta information for a ppm package
generate summary files for a ppm repository
search for info to make ppm packages
Utility functions for PPM::Make