Porting/sync-with-cpan - Synchronize with CPAN distributions
sh ./Configure perl Porting/sync-with-cpan <module>
where module is the name it appears in the %Modules hash of Porting/Maintainers.pl
module
%Modules
Script to help out with syncing cpan distros.
Does the following:
Fetches the package list from CPAN. Finds the current version of the given package. [1]
Downloads the relevant tarball; unpacks the tarball. [1]
Clean out the old directory (git clean -dfx)
git clean -dfx
Moves the old directory out of the way, moves the new directory in place.
Restores any .gitignore file.
Removes files from @IGNORE and EXCLUDED
@IGNORE
EXCLUDED
git add any new files.
git add
git rm any files that are gone.
git rm
Remove the +x bit on files in t/
Remove the +x bit on files that don't have it enabled in the current dir
Restore files mentioned in CUSTOMIZED
CUSTOMIZED
Updates the contents of MANIFEST
Runs a make (assumes a configure has been run)
make
Cleans up
Runs tests for the package
Runs the porting tests
[1] If the --tarball option is given, then CPAN is not consulted. --tarball should be the path to the tarball; the version is extracted from the filename -- but can be overwritten by the --version option.
--tarball
--version
--jobs
When running make, pass a -jN option to it.
-jN
Update Porting/Maintainers.pl
Optional, run a full test suite
Handle complicated FILES
FILES
This is an initial version; no attempt has been made yet to make this portable. It shells out instead of trying to find a Perl solution. In particular, it assumes git, perl, and make to be available.
To install less, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm less
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install less
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.