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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-12-05 12:54:40 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-12-11 14:19:01 +0000
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ref-manual: Edits to the cpan class.
(From yocto-docs rev: be52c69c0f666357e98fe28d58fc37105e44b5d9) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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424 </para> 424 </para>
425</section> 425</section>
426 426
427<section id='ref-classes-perl'> 427<section id='ref-classes-cpan'>
428 <title>Perl Modules - <filename>cpan.bbclass</filename></title> 428 <title><filename>cpan.bbclass</filename></title>
429
430 <para>
431 The <filename>cpan</filename> class supports Perl modules.
432 </para>
429 433
430 <para> 434 <para>
431 Recipes for Perl modules are simple. 435 Recipes for Perl modules are simple.
432 These recipes usually only need to point to the source's archive and then inherit the 436 These recipes usually only need to point to the source's archive and
433 proper <filename>.bbclass</filename> file. 437 then inherit the proper class file.
434 Building is split into two methods depending on which method the module authors used. 438 Building is split into two methods depending on which method the module
439 authors used.
435 <itemizedlist> 440 <itemizedlist>
436 <listitem><para>Modules that use old 441 <listitem><para>Modules that use old
437 <filename>Makefile.PL</filename>-based build system require 442 <filename>Makefile.PL</filename>-based build system require