Source: libsocket-multicast6-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: gregor herrmann Section: perl Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20120312~), libmodule-build-perl, libsocket6-perl, perl Standards-Version: 3.9.6 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libsocket-multicast6-perl.git Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-perl/packages/libsocket-multicast6-perl.git Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Socket-Multicast6 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Package: libsocket-multicast6-perl Architecture: any Depends: ${perl:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libsocket6-perl Description: base module for IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket operations Socket::Multicast6 is used to gain access to constants and utility functions used when manipulating multicast socket attributes. . For simple, object-oriented way of doing the same thing, take a look at IO::Socket::Multicast6 or IO::Socket::Multicast.