Source: libprefork-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: gregor herrmann Section: perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10) Build-Depends-Indep: perl Standards-Version: 4.2.1 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libprefork-perl Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libprefork-perl.git Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/prefork Package: libprefork-perl Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends} Description: pragma for optimized module loading for forking or non-forking processes The prefork pragma is intended to allow module writers to optimise module loading for both scenarios with as little additional code as possible. . prefork.pm is intended to serve as a central and optional marshalling point for state detection (the software is running in compile-time or run-time mode) and to act as a relatively light-weight module loader.