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SYNOPSIS

    gentoo-perlmod-version.pl 1.4 1.5 1.6
    gentoo-perlmod-version.pl --lax=1 1.4_5 1.5_6
    gentoo-perlmod-version.pl --lax=2 1.4.DONTDOTHISPLEASE432

    echo 1.4 | gentoo-perlmod-version.pl
    echo 1.4-5 | gentoo-perlmod-version.pl --lax=1
    echo 1.4.NOOOOO | gentoo-perlmod-version.pl --lax=2

    SOMEVAR="$(  gentoo-perlmod-version.pl --oneshot 1.4 )"
    SOMEVAR="$(  gentoo-perlmod-version.pl --oneshot 1.4 1.5 )" # Invalid, dies
    SOMEVAR="$(  gentoo-perlmod-version.pl --oneshot 1.4_5 )" # Invalid, dies
    SOMEVAR="$(  gentoo-perlmod-version.pl --lax=1 --oneshot 1.4_5 )" # Ok

See perldoc for Gentoo::PerlMod::Versions documentation for more information.

    perldoc Gentoo::PerlMod::Version