Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/devel/p5-Getopt-Long
To: None <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Roland Illig <rillig@NetBSD.org>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 02/16/2006 08:00:19
David Brownlee wrote:
> Module Name:	pkgsrc
> Committed By:	abs
> Date:		Wed Feb 15 23:28:21 UTC 2006
> 
> Update of /cvsroot/pkgsrc/devel/p5-Getopt-Long
> In directory ivanova.netbsd.org:/tmp/cvs-serv10379
> 
> Log Message:
> Add devel/p5-Getopt-Long-2.35
> 
> The Getopt::Long module implements an extended getopt function
> called GetOptions(). This function adheres to the POSIX syntax for
> command line options, with GNU extensions. In general, this means
> that options have long names instead of single letters, and are
> introduced with a double dash "--". Support for bundling of command
> line options, as was the case with the more traditional single-letter
> approach, is provided but not enabled by default.

Do we need this package? Getopt::Long version 2.34 is already provided 
by the base package. (At least the two packages do not conflict.)

Roland