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+python pod_strip_version() {
+ import re
+
+ def opener(filename, mode):
+ if filename.endswith(".gz"):
+ import gzip
+ return gzip.open(filename, mode)
+ elif filename.endswith(".bz2"):
+ import bz2
+ return bz2.open(filename, mode)
+ else:
+ return open(filename, mode)
+
+ bad_re = re.compile(rb"Automatically generated by Pod::Man( [0-9]+.+)")
+
+ for root, dirs, files in os.walk(d.expand("${D}${mandir}")):
+ for filename in files:
+ filename = os.path.join(root, filename)
+ with opener(filename, "rb") as manfile:
+ manpage = manfile.read()
+ m = bad_re.search(manpage)
+ if not m:
+ continue
+
+ bb.note("podfix: stripping version from %s" % filename)
+ os.unlink(filename)
+ with opener(filename, "wb") as manfile:
+ manfile.write(manpage[:m.start(1)])
+ manfile.write(manpage[m.end(1):])
+}
+
+do_install[postfuncs] += "pod_strip_version"