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>--- porters-handbook/book.sgml.orig	Tue Jun 27 18:44:10 2006
>+++ porters-handbook/book.sgml	Tue Jun 27 23:49:25 2006
>@@ -4561,6 +4561,32 @@
>     <sect1 id="using-perl">
>       <title>Using <literal>perl</literal></title>
> 
>+      <para>If <literal>MASTER_SITES</literal> is set to 
>+	<literal>&dollar;{MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN}</literal>, 
>+	then preferred value of <literal>MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR</literal> 
>+	is top-level hierarchy name instead of author's id. 
>+	For example, the recommend value for 
>+	<literal>p5-Module-Name</literal> is <literal>Module</literal>.
>+	The top-level hierarchy can be examined in 
>+	<ulink url="http://cpan.org/modules/by-module/">cpan.org</ulink>.
>+      </para>
>+
>+      <para>The exception is:</para>
>+	<itemizedlist>
>+	  <listitem>
>+	    <para>The top-level hierarchy name of module does not exist in 
>+	      <ulink url="http://cpan.org/modules/by-module/">cpan.org</ulink>.
>+	      In such case, using author's id is more appropriate.
>+	    </para>
>+	  </listitem>
>+	</itemizedlist>
>+
>+      <note>
>+	<para>The reasons is that author of the Perl module may
>+	  change, and it will cause <maketarget>fetch</maketarget>
>+	  cannot find the required files.</para>
>+      </note>
>+
>       <table frame="none">
> 	<title>Variables for ports that use <literal>perl</literal></title>

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