NAME
    CPAN::Patches - patch CPAN distributions

SYNOPSIS
        cd Some-Distribution
        cpan-patches patch

    or

        cd Some-Distribution
        dh-make-perl
        cpan-patches update-debian

DESCRIPTION
    This module allows to apply custom patches to the CPAN distributions.

    See the patch and update_debian entries elsewhere in this document for a
    detail description how.

    See http://github.com/jozef/CPAN-Patches-Set for example generated
    Debian patches set folder.

PROPERTIES
  patch_set_location
    A folder where are the distribution patches located. Default is
    Sys::Path->sharedstatedir/cpan-patches/set which is
    /var/lib/cpan-patches/set on Linux.

  verbose
    Turns on/off some verbose output. By default it is on.

METHODS
  new()
    Object constructor.

  patch
    Apply all patches that are listed in .../module-name/patches/series.

  update_debian
    Copy all patches and series file from .../module-name/patches/ to
    debian/patches folder. If there are any patches add `quilt' as
    `Build-Depends-Indep' and runs adds `--with quilt' to debian/rules. Adds
    dependencies from .../module-name/debian, adds usage of `xvfb-run' if
    the modules requires X and renames `s/lib(.*)-perl/$1/' if the
    distribution is an application.

INTERNAL METHODS
  merge_debian_versions($v1, $v2)
    Merges dependecies from `$v1' and `$v2' by keeping the ones that has
    higher version (if the same).

  get_deb_package_names($control, $key)
    Return hash with package name as key and version string as value for
    given `$key' in Debian `$control' file.

  read_debian($name)
    Read .../module-name/debian for given `$name'.

  decode_debian($src)
    Parses .../module-name/debian into a hash. Returns hash reference.

  encode_debian($data)
    Return .../module-name/debian content string generated from `$data'.

  get_patch_series($module_name)
    Return an array of patches filenames for given `$module_name'.

  clean_meta_name($name)
    Returns lowercased :: by - substituted and trimmed module name.

  read_meta([$path])
    Reads a META.yml or META.json from `$path'. If `$path' is not provided
    than tries to read from current folder.

AUTHOR
    jozef@kutej.net, `<jkutej at cpan.org>'

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to `bug-cpan-patches at
    rt.cpan.org', or through the web interface at
    http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=CPAN-Patches. I will be
    notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your
    bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc CPAN::Patches

    You can also look for information at:

    * RT: CPAN's request tracker
        http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=CPAN-Patches

    * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
        http://annocpan.org/dist/CPAN-Patches

    * CPAN Ratings
        http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/CPAN-Patches

    * Search CPAN
        http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN-Patches/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
    by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

    See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.