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+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+#
+# cpan-base providers various perl related information needed for building
+# cpan modules
+#
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/perl5 ${datadir}/perl5"
+
+DEPENDS  += "${@["perl", "perl-native"][(bb.data.inherits_class('native', d))]}"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${@["perl", ""][(bb.data.inherits_class('native', d))]}"
+
+inherit perl-version
+
+def is_target(d):
+    if not bb.data.inherits_class('native', d):
+        return "yes"
+    return "no"
+
+PERLLIBDIRS = "${libdir}/perl5"
+PERLLIBDIRS:class-native = "${libdir}/perl5"
+
+def cpan_upstream_check_pattern(d):
+    for x in (d.getVar('SRC_URI') or '').split(' '):
+        if x.startswith("https://cpan.metacpan.org"):
+            _pattern = x.split('/')[-1].replace(d.getVar('PV'), r'(?P<pver>\d+.\d+)')
+            return _pattern
+    return ''
+
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX ?= "${@cpan_upstream_check_pattern(d)}"