Source: libfilter-perl Section: perl Priority: optional Maintainer: Colin Watson Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libtest-pod-perl, perl, Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Filter/ Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libfilter-perl.git Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libfilter-perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Rules-Requires-Root: no Package: libfilter-perl Architecture: any Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Recommends: cpp, Suggests: libcompress-zlib-perl, Description: Perl source filters Source filters alter the program text of a module before Perl sees it, much as a C preprocessor alters the source text of a C program before the compiler sees it. . This package contains a number of source filters, including: . exec and sh: pipe the source file through an external command cpp: pipe the source file through the C preprocessor decrypt: example of simple (though weak!) source obfuscation tee: copy filtered source to a file (debugging aid) . A substantial amount of documentation and examples is also included.