NAME CPAN::Patches - patch CPAN distributions SYNOPSIS cd Some-Distribution cpan-patches list cpan-patches patch cpan-patches --patch-set $HOME/cpan-patches-set list cpan-patches --patch-set $HOME/cpan-patches-set patch DESCRIPTION This module allows to apply custom patches to the CPAN distributions. See the patch and update_debian entries elsewhere in this document for a detail description how. See http://github.com/jozef/CPAN-Patches-Example-Set for example generated Debian patches set folder. PROPERTIES patch_set_locations An array ref of folders where are the distribution patches located. Default is Sys::Path->sharedstatedir/cpan-patches/set which is /var/lib/cpan-patches/set on Linux. verbose Turns on/off some verbose output. By default it is on. METHODS new() Object constructor. BUILD All plugins (Moose roles) from `CPAN::Patches::Plugin::*' will be loaded. patch Apply all patches that are listed in .../module-name/patches/series. cpan-patch commands cmd_list Print out list of all patches files. cmd_patch Apply all patches to the current CPAN distribution. INTERNAL METHODS get_patch_series($module_name) Return an array of patches filenames for given `$module_name'. get_module_folder($module_name) Returns a folder that exists in one of the `patch_set_locations' for a 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. read_meta_intrusive Generates and reads the META.yml using Build.PL or Makefile.PL. AUTHOR jozef@kutej.net, `' 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.