1Devel::PatchPerl::HintsU(s3e)r Contributed Perl DocumentaDteivoenl::PatchPerl::Hints(3)
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NAME

6       Devel::PatchPerl::Hints - replacement 'hints' files
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VERSION

9       version 0.60
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SYNOPSIS

12         use Devel::PatchPerl::Hints;
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14         if ( my $content = Devel::PatchPerl::Hints->hint_file() ) {
15           chmod 0644, 'hints/netbsd.sh' or die "$!";
16           open my $hints, '>', 'hints/netbsd.sh' or die "$!";
17           print $hints $content;
18           close $hints;
19         }
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DESCRIPTION

22       Sometimes there is a problem with Perls "hints" file for a particular
23       perl port. This module provides fixed "hints" files encoded using
24       "MIME::Base64".
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FUNCTION

27       The function is exported, but has to implicitly imported into the
28       requesting package.
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30         use Devel::PatchPerl::Hints qw[hint_file];
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32       It may also be called as a class method:
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34         use Devel::PatchPerl::Hints;
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36         my $content = Devel::PatchPerl::Hints->hint_file();
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38       "hint_file"
39           Takes an optional argument which is the OS name ( as would be
40           returned by $^O ).  By default it will use $^O.
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42           In a scalar context, Will return the decoded content of the "hints"
43           file suitable for writing straight to a file handle or undef list
44           if there isn't an applicable "hints" file for the given or derived
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47           If called in a list context, will return a list, the first item
48           will be the name of the "hints" file that will need to be amended,
49           the second item will be a string with the decoded content of the
50           "hints" file suitable for writing straight to a file handle.
51           Otherwise an empty list will be returned.
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AUTHOR

54       Chris Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>
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57       This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Chris Williams and Marcus
58       Holland-Moritz.
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60       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
61       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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65perl v5.12.4                      2011-10-24        Devel::PatchPerl::Hints(3)
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