X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlutil.pod;h=e67ec1c23eaf1766d4ca75396870eac40bec4783;hb=92a24ac3df5779ed0c9681cafefdd31fc6e1ae98;hp=19d2decce1310eb8cbb578a203f35c90d8f8c05c;hpb=baf0caadde35ebbb6558406dd82ba1936d59cf0b;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlutil.pod b/pod/perlutil.pod index 19d2dec..e67ec1c 100644 --- a/pod/perlutil.pod +++ b/pod/perlutil.pod @@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ itself or any of the standard library modules back to the developers; please read through the documentation for F thoroughly before using it to submit a bug report. +=item L + +This program provides an easy way to send a thank-you message back to the +authors and maintainers of perl. It's just F installed under +another name. + =item L Back before Perl had the XS system for connecting with C libraries, @@ -210,10 +216,6 @@ F utility analyzes the output of this profiler and tells you which subroutines are taking up the most run time. See L for more information. -=item L - -F is the interface to the experimental Perl compiler suite. - =item L F is a command-line interface to the test-running functionality of @@ -247,7 +249,9 @@ F is a tar-like program, written in pure Perl. =item L F is a small utility that produces a diff between an extracted -archive and an unextracted one. +archive and an unextracted one. (Note that this utility requires the +C module to function properly; this module isn't distributed +with perl, but is available from the CPAN.) =item L @@ -271,6 +275,18 @@ a lot more. It is similar to the command line mode of the L module, perl -MCPAN -e shell +=item L + +F is, like F, a command-line interface to the CPAN, using +the C module as a back-end. It can be used interactively or +imperatively. + +=item L + +F is a tool to create distributions (or packages) from CPAN +modules, then suitable for your package manager of choice. Support for +specific formats are available from CPAN as C modules. + =item L A little interface to ExtUtils::Installed to examine installed modules, @@ -286,7 +302,7 @@ L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, -L, L, L, L, L, +L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L