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# Debian Perl Policy

### Raphaël Hertzog

### Brendan O'Dea

### The Debian Policy Mailing List

`<debian-policy@lists.debian.org>`

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Copyright © 1999, 2001 Raphaël Hertzog, Brendan O'Dea

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2026-03-31

Abstract

This document describes the packaging of Perl within the Debian distribution and the policy requirements for packaged Perl programs and modules.

List of Tables

4.1. Module to package mappings

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