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Diffstat (limited to 'devel/p5-ExtUtils-CChecker/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/p5-ExtUtils-CChecker/pkg-descr | 18 |
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diff --git a/devel/p5-ExtUtils-CChecker/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-ExtUtils-CChecker/pkg-descr index 58e80a9c709a..12c56dbdd0c7 100644 --- a/devel/p5-ExtUtils-CChecker/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/p5-ExtUtils-CChecker/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ -Often Perl modules are written to wrap functionallity found in existing -C headers, libraries, or to use OS-specific features. It is useful in -the Build.PL or Makefile.PL file to check for the existance of these -requirements before attempting to actually build the module. +Often Perl modules are written to wrap functionality found in existing C +headers, libraries, or to use OS-specific features. It is useful in the Build.PL +or Makefile.PL file to check for the existance of these requirements before +attempting to actually build the module. -Objects in this class provide an extension around ExtUtils::CBuilder to -simplify the creation of a .c file, compiling, linking and running it, -to test if a certain feature is present. +Objects in this class provide an extension around ExtUtils::CBuilder to simplify +the creation of a .c file, compiling, linking and running it, to test if a +certain feature is present. + +It may also be necessary to search for the correct library to link against, or +for the right include directories to find header files in. This class also +provides assistance here. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/ExtUtils-CChecker/ |