NAME

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

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::PPort'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.

AUTHOR

Chris BinGOs Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

Marcus Holland-Moritz

LICENSE

Copyright © Chris Williams and Marcus Holland-Moritz

This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. Please see the license that came with your Perl distribution for details.

SEE ALSO

Devel::PPPort