Devel::PatchPerl(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     Devel::PatchPerl(3pm)

NAME

       Devel::PatchPerl - Patch perl source a la Devel::PPPort's buildperl.pl

VERSION

       version 0.72

SYNOPSIS

	 use strict;
	 use warnings;

	 use Devel::PatchPerl;

	 Devel::PatchPerl->patch_source( '5.6.1', '/path/to/untarred/perl/source/perl-5.6.1' );

DESCRIPTION

       Devel::PatchPerl is a modularisation of the patching code contained in Devel::PPPort's "buildperl.pl".

       It does not build perls, it merely provides an interface to the source patching functionality.

FUNCTION

       "patch_source"
	   Takes two parameters, a "perl" version and the path to unwrapped perl source for that version.  It dies on any errors.

	   If you don't supply a "perl" version, it will attempt to auto-determine the "perl" version from the specified path.

	   If you don't supply the path to unwrapped perl source, it will assume the current working directory.

PLUGIN SYSTEM

       See Devel::PatchPerl::Plugin for details of Devel::PatchPerl's plugin system.

CAVEAT

       Devel::PatchPerl is intended only to facilitate the "building" of perls, not to facilitate the "testing" of perls. This means that it will
       not patch failing tests in the perl testsuite.

SEE ALSO

       Devel::PPPort

       Devel::PatchPerl::Plugin

AUTHOR

       Chris Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Chris Williams and Marcus Holland-Moritz.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-04						     Devel::PatchPerl(3pm)