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Debian Perl Policy

Abstract

This document describes the packaging of Perl within the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and the policy requirements for packaged Perl programs and modules.

Copyright Notice

Copyright © 1999, 2001 Software in the Public Interest

This manual is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This 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.

A copy of the GNU General Public License is available as /usr/share/common-licences/GPL in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution or on the World Wide Web at The GNU Public Licence.

You can also obtain it by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

Contents

• 1 Perl Packaging
• 1.1 Versions
• 1.2 Base Package
• 1.3 Module Path
• 1.4 Documentation
• 2 Locally Installed Modules
• 2.1 Site Directories
• 2.2 Site Installation
• 3 Packaged Modules
• 3.1 Vendor Directories
• 3.2 Module Package Names
• 3.3 Vendor Installation
• 3.4 Module Dependencies
• 4 Perl Programs
• 4.1 Script Magic
• 4.2 Program Dependencies
• 5 Programs Embedding Perl
• 5.1 Building Embedded Programs
• 5.2 Embedded Perl Dependencies
• A Perl 6

Debian Perl Policy