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6 Module::Install::Bundle - Bundle distributions along with your distri‐
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10 Have your Makefile.PL read as follows:
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15 all_from 'lib/Foo/Bar.pm';
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23 WriteAll;
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26 Module::Install::Bundle allows you to bundle a CPAN distribution within
27 your distribution. When your end-users install your distribution, the
28 bundled distribution will be installed along with yours, unless a newer
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32 While bundling will increase the size of your distribution, it has sev‐
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35 Allows installation of bundled distributions when CPAN is unavailable
36 Allows installation of bundled distributions when networking is unavailable
37 Allows everything your distribution needs to be packaged in one place
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39 Bundling differs from auto-installation in that when it comes time to
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46 * auto_bundle()
47 Takes no arguments, will bundle every distribution specified by a
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49 file.PL" the latest versions of the distributions to be bundled
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52 * bundle($name, $version)
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58 * bundle_deps($name, $version)
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71 Please report any bugs to (patches welcome):
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76 Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>
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78 Documentation by Adam Foxson <afoxson@pobox.com>
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81 Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005 by Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>.
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83 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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