Devel::PatchPerl::Hints(3)

NAME
Devel::PatchPerl::Hints - replacement 'hints' files

VERSION
version 2.14

SYNOPSIS
  use Devel::PatchPerl::Hints;

  if ( my $content = Devel::PatchPerl::Hints->hint_file() ) {
    chmod 0644, 'hints/netbsd.sh' or die "$!";
    open my $hints, '>', 'hints/netbsd.sh' or die "$!";
    print $hints $content;
    close $hints;
  }

  # Get a list of OS for which we have hints

  my @os = Devel::PatchPerl::Hints->hints();

DESCRIPTION
Sometimes there is a problem with Perls "hints" file for a particular perl port. This module provides fixed "hints" files encoded using "MIME::Base64".

FUNCTION
The function is exported, but has to implicitly imported into the requesting package.

  use Devel::PatchPerl::Hints qw[hint_file];

It may also be called as a class method:

  use Devel::PatchPerl::Hints;

  my $content = Devel::PatchPerl::Hints->hint_file();

"hint_file"
    Takes an optional argument which is the OS name ( as would be returned by $^O ). By default it will use $^O.

    In a scalar context, Will return the decoded content of the "hints" file suitable for writing straight to a file handle or undef list if there isn't an applicable "hints" file for the given or derived OS.

    If called in a list context, will return a list, the first item will be the name of the "hints" file that will need to be amended, the second item will be a string with the decoded content of the "hints" file suitable for writing straight to a file handle. Otherwise an empty list will be returned.

"hints"
    Takes no arguments, returns a list of OS names for which there are "hints" files.

AUTHOR
Chris Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2025 by Chris Williams and Marcus Holland-Moritz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.