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Changes for version 0.05

  • dh-make-pm --tilde added
  • dh-make-pm --debian-version added
  • dh-make-pm will generate META.yml if not present
  • dh-make-pm uses /var/lib/cpan-patches/set and /var/lib/cpan-patches/debian-set to find patches
  • handles properly same module in diffrent types of require with different versions properly
  • corrected order for packaging dependecies
  • add distribution and component to package info
  • basic CPAN => Debian package mapping web

Documentation

How to set-up a chrooted build system
locate Perl Modules in Debian repositories
generate json files for the CPAN package => Debian package mapping
build Debian packages (dh-make-perl on pbuilder+cowdancer steroids)
creates PerlPackages index from .deb files

Modules

locate Perl Modules in Debian repositories
build-time system path configuration