Source: libtest-fork-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Section: perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libmodule-build-perl, perl Standards-Version: 3.9.6 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libtest-fork-perl Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libtest-fork-perl.git Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Test-Fork Package: libtest-fork-perl Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends} Multi-Arch: foreign Description: module for testing code which forks Because each test has a number associated with it, testing code which forks is problematic. Coordinating the test number amongst the parent and child processes is complicated. Test::Fork provides a function to smooth over the complications.