README

DhMakePerl is the CPAN version of a native debian tool used to create debian
packages from CPAN modules. Work is ongoing to make this native debian
tool more generalized and modular so that it can be used for different
purposes and incorporated into other software.

DhMakePerl is currently a bit for bit copy of dh-make-perl which is 
available on debian and debian-like systems with the command of;

aptitude install dh-make-perl

You can get the source of dh-make-perl with;

aptitude source dh-make-perl

Hopefully this module will remain up-to-date with the native debian
code it was created from, but there is no gaurantee of this. Please
check the following sources for more up-to-date software:

The debian git repository
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-perl/apps/dh-make-perl.git;a=summary

The debian perl team web site
http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/

PURPOSE 

The purpose of this software is to create debian packages from 
perl modules. From the dh-make-perl README file:

"dh-make-perl will create the files required to build
a debian source package out of a perl package.
This works for most simple packages and is also useful
for getting started with packaging perl modules for debian.

There is an override mechanism in place to handle most of
the little changes that may be needed for some modules
(this hasn't been tested much, though).

Using this program is no excuse for not reading the
debian developer documentation, including the policy,
the perl policy, the packaging manual and so on."

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the
perldoc command.

    perldoc DhMakePerl

You can also look for information at:

    RT, CPAN's request tracker
        http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=DhMakePerl

    AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation
        http://annocpan.org/dist/DhMakePerl

    CPAN Ratings
        http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/DhMakePerl

    Search CPAN
        http://search.cpan.org/dist/DhMakePerl

    The debian perl team web site
	http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/

    The debian perl policy
	http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/

    Debian New Maintainers guide
	http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/

COPYRIGHTS AND LICENCE

Copyright for this CPAN module:
Copyright (C) 2009 Jeremiah C. Foster

Copyright for dh-make-perl:
dh-make-perl was created by Paolo Molaro.

It is currently maintained by Gunnar Wolf and others, under the umbrella of the
Debian Perl Group <debian-perl@lists.debian.org>

Copyright (c) 2000,2001 Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
          (c) 2002,2003,2008 Ivan Kohler <ivan-debian@420.am>
          (c) 2003,2004 Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org>
          (c) 2005-2007 Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org>
          (c) 2006 Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
          (c) 2007-2008 Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
          (c) 2007-2009 Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>

You can do anything with it according to the GPLv2: look
in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 on your Debian system.

This program is released under the following license: GPLv2