NAME

PPM::Make::Meta - Obtain meta information for a ppm package

SYNOPSIS

my $meta = PPM::Make::Meta->new(dir => $some_dir);
$meta->meta();
foreach my $key (keys %{$meta->{info}}) {
  print "$key has value $meta->{info}->{$key}\n";
}

DESCRIPTION

This module attempts to obtain meta-information from the sources of a CPAN distribution that is needed to make a ppm package. One first creates the object as

my $meta = PPM::Make::Meta->new(dir => $some_dir);

with the required option dir => $some_dir specifying the name of the directory containing the source of the CPAN distribution. A call to

$meta->meta();

will then return available meta information as a hash reference $meta->{info}, where the keys are as follows.

NAME - the name of the distribution

DISTNAME - the distribution name

VERSION - the distribution's version

VERSION_FROM - a file where the VERSION can be obtained

ABSTRACT - the distribution's abstract

ABSTRACT_FROM - a file where the ABSTRACT can be obtained

AUTHOR - the distribution's author

PREREQ_PM - a hash reference listing the prerequisites

COPYRIGHT

This program is copyright, 2006 by Randy Kobes >r.kobes@uwinnipeg.ca<. It is distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

PPM::Make