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@@ -2792,6 +2792,30 @@ Perlish API and none of the bloat and rarely used features of IPC::Run.")
allowing data to be efficiently communicated between processes.")
(license (package-license perl))))
+(define-public perl-ipc-system-simple
+ (package
+ (name "perl-ipc-system-simple")
+ (version "1.25")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append
+ "mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PJ/PJF/IPC-System-Simple-"
+ version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "0fsdb81shjj4hifyyzvj7vpkhq5jrfhlcpw2xbjfi1mqz8fsmdpi"))))
+ (build-system perl-build-system)
+ (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPC-System-Simple")
+ (synopsis "Run commands simply, with detailed diagnostics")
+ (description "Calling Perl's in-built @code{system} function is easy,
+determining if it was successful is hard. Let's face it, @code{$?} isn't the
+nicest variable in the world to play with, and even if you do check it,
+producing a well-formatted error string takes a lot of work.
+
+@code{IPC::System::Simple} takes the hard work out of calling external
+commands.")
+ (license (package-license perl))))
+
(define-public perl-json
(package
(name "perl-json")