NAME

mkpackages -- generate CPAN.pm conformant 02packages.details.txt.gz

SYNOPSIS

mkpackages pseudo_CPAN_root

WARNING

This is not even alpha software and will be made obsolete by CPAN.pm extensions some day.

DESCRIPTION

This programs traverses pseudo_CPAN_root/authors/id and generates pseudo_CPAN_root/site/02packages.details.txt.gz.

It also will extract a README files from TAR balls in the /authors/id directories.

FILES

pseudo_CPAN_root/site/02packages.details.txt.gz

pseudo_CPAN_root/site/01mailrc.txt.gz

Generated as empty file if missing.

pseudo_CPAN_root/autors/id/**/CHECKSUMS

CHECKSUMS fiels are generated in all directories below pseudo_CPAN_root/autors/id/.

SEE ALSO

CPAN::Site(3)

AUTHOR

Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@wait.de>