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CPAN-Patches-0.05
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 / CPAN::Patches
Jozef Kutej

NAME

CPAN::Patches - patch CPAN distributions

SYNOPSIS

    cd Some-Distribution
    cpan-patches list
    cpan-patches patch
    cpan-patches --patch-set $HOME/cpan-patches-set list
    cpan-patches --patch-set $HOME/cpan-patches-set patch

DESCRIPTION

This module allows to apply custom patches to the CPAN distributions.

See "patch" and "update_debian" for a detail description how.

See http://github.com/jozef/CPAN-Patches-Example-Set for example generated Debian patches set folder.

PROPERTIES

patch_set_locations

An array ref of folders where are the distribution patches located. Default is Sys::Path->sharedstatedir/cpan-patches/set which is /var/lib/cpan-patches/set on Linux.

verbose

Turns on/off some verbose output. By default it is on.

METHODS

new()

Object constructor.

BUILD

All plugins (Moose roles) from CPAN::Patches::Plugin::* will be loaded.

patch

Apply all patches that are listed in .../module-name/patches/series.

cpan-patch commands

cmd_list

Print out list of all patches files.

cmd_patch

Apply all patches to the current CPAN distribution.

INTERNAL METHODS

get_patch_series($module_name)

Return an array of patches filenames for given $module_name.

get_module_folder($module_name)

Returns a folder that exists in one of the patch_set_locations for a given $module_name.

clean_meta_name($name)

Returns lowercased :: by - substituted and trimmed module name.

read_meta([$path])

Reads a META.yml or META.json from $path. If $path is not provided than tries to read from current folder.

read_meta_intrusive

Generates and reads the META.yml using Build.PL or Makefile.PL.

CONTRIBUTORS

The following people have contributed to the CPAN::Patches by committing their code, sending patches, reporting bugs, asking questions, suggesting useful advises, nitpicking, chatting on IRC or commenting on my blog (in no particular order):

        Slaven Rezić

AUTHOR

jozef@kutej.net, <jkutej at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-cpan-patches at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=CPAN-Patches. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc CPAN::Patches

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.