Re: Creating Debian dependencies while using CPAN?

[Florian Hinzmann <fh@bigfoot.de>]

On 17-Sep-2000 Mark W. Eichin wrote:

> Did anyone ever implement this, or some similar low-effort way to
> package CPAN modules that otherwise "just work"?  Neither the
> packaging-manual nor the developers-reference really say anything
> about perl module packaging (they don't even mention the standard for
> *naming* them, which I thought was agreed on a long time ago?)

>From Debian Perl Policy (/usr/share/doc/perl-5.005-doc/perl-policy/):

> Debian Perl policy
> Chapter 3 Packaging Perl modules 
>
>
>
> 3.1 Recommendations for all modules 
> 
> First, if you package a module Foo::Bar you should call your package libfoo-bar-perl. 

I don't know if some of the more central documents reference
the perl policy somewhere. I found the perl policy accidentally.


    bye
      Florian

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