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diff --git a/patches/source/perl/slack-desc b/patches/source/perl/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e28cf941 --- /dev/null +++ b/patches/source/perl/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +perl: perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) +perl: +perl: Larry Wall's "Practical Extraction and Report Language". Perl is a +perl: language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting +perl: information from those text files, and printing reports based on that +perl: information. It's also a good language for many system management +perl: tasks. The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, +perl: efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). +perl: +perl: +perl: |