Devel::PatchPerl(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Devel::PatchPerl(3)NAMEDevel::PatchPerl - Patch perl source a la Devel::PPPort's buildperl.pl
VERSION
version 0.76
SYNOPSIS
use strict;
use warnings;
use Devel::PatchPerl;
Devel::PatchPerl->patch_source( '5.6.1', '/path/to/untarred/perl/source/perl-5.6.1' );
DESCRIPTIONDevel::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.
CAVEATDevel::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 2012-08-27 Devel::PatchPerl(3)