Gentoo-Probe version 0.01
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Gentoo::Probe is a set of modules to allow the Gentoo package database to be
queried from perl.  It does alot of the stuff that qpkg did, but faster.

It also includes the following scripts:
	pkg			# lists packages, with options
	pkg-files	# given a package regex, list files.
	pkg-of		# given a file regex, list containing package(s).
	pkg-faq		# ask questions of portage, like portageq, but much faster
				# if you ask more than one question.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:
	Text::Number    version  0.8,
	Inline::Python  version  0.22,
	String::Escape  version  0,
	Term::ReadLine  version  1.02
  

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2004-2005 by Rich Paul
	cpan@rich-paul.net

	Mail to the above address will bounce.  You can figure it out.
	Think of it as a crude turing test.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.2 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
