DhMakePerl::Utils(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				    DhMakePerl::Utils(3pm)

NAME

       DhMakePerl::Utils - helper routined for dh-make-perl and alike

SYNOPSIS

	   use DhMakePerl::Utils qw(is_core_module);

	   my $v = is_core_module('Test::More', '1.002');
	   my $v = nice_perl_ver('5.010001');

FUNCTIONS

       None of he following functions is exported by default.

       find_cpan_module
	   Returns CPAN::Module object that corresponds to the supplied argument. Returns undef if no module is found by CPAN.

	   If the CPAN module needs to be configured in some way, that should be done before calling this function.

       find_cpan_distribution
	   Returns CPAN::Distribution object that corresponds to the supplied argument.  Returns undef if no distribution is found by CPAN.

	   If the CPAN module needs to be configured in some way, that should be done before calling this function.

       is_core_module module, version
	   Returns the version of the "perl" package containing the given module (at least version version).

	   Returns "undef" if module is not a core module.

       nice_perl_ver version_string
	   Reformats perl version to match Debian's perl package versions.

	   For example 5.010 (and 5.01) is converted to 5.10.

       core_module_perls module[, min-version]
	   Returns a list of Perl versions that have module. If min-version is given, the list contains only Perl versions containing module at
	   least version min-version.

       find_core_perl_dependency( $module[, $version] )
	   return a dependency on perl containing the required module version. If the module is not available in any perl released by Debian,
	   return undef.

       split_version_relation string
	   Splits the string, typicaly found in dependency fields' values in CPAN META into relation and version. If no relation is found in the
	   string, ">=" is assumed.

	   Returns a list of relation and version. The relation is suitable for using in debian package dependency version requirements.

	   For example

	   split_version_relation('0.45') returns ( '>=', '0.45' )
	   split_version_relation('< 0.56') returns ( '<<', '0.56' )

COPYRIGHT &; LICENSE
       Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010 Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
       Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-01-15						    DhMakePerl::Utils(3pm)