# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. # Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and # the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. # You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| perl-UUID: perl-UUID (Universally Unique Identifier library for Perl) perl-UUID: perl-UUID: The UUID library is used to generate unique identifiers for objects perl-UUID: that may be accessible beyond the local system. For instance, they perl-UUID: could be used to generate unique HTTP cookies across multiple web perl-UUID: servers without communication between the servers, and without fear perl-UUID: of a name clash. perl-UUID: perl-UUID: The generated UUIDs can be reasonably expected to be unique within a perl-UUID: system, and unique across all systems. perl-UUID: