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On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:22:08PM +0200, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> +-le 14/06/2004 11:59 -0400, Gilbert C Healton a dit :
> | 
> | Is there a script that does most of the work for converting CPAN modules
> | into BSD ports, such as the various p5-* ports? I've a number of modules
> | to make ports out of and am looking for the best way out.
> 
> There is no such automated thing, they were all done by real peoples :-)

I haven't used it, but CPANPLUS::Dist::Ports looks interesting:
http://search.cpan.org/~autrijus/CPANPLUS-Dist-0.00_03/lib/CPANPLUS/Dist/Ports.pm

It's only available as an unsupported developer release, but you might
find it helpful.

Tom