Bug#348104: RFS: libfile-homedir-perl -- Get the home directory for yourself or other users in Perl

[Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>]

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Jonas Genannt wrote:
> * Package name    : libfile-homedir-perl
>   Description     : Get the home directory for yourself or other users in Perl
> 
>  File::HomeDir is a module for dealing with issues relating to the location
>  of directories for various purposes that are "owned" by a user, and to solve
>  these problems consistently across a wide variety of platforms.

Just a brief question; how does this module differ from libuser-perl
which is already present in Debian and does the above for at least the
current user.


Don Armstrong

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