p5 modules, get me started on one

[Scott Haneda]

On Jan 19, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote:

>>
>> perl5.setup             Pod-Escapes 1.04
>
> This is where the magic happens for a perl module port.  Basically  
> you'll
> want to do:
>
> perl5.setup   File::ReadBackwards 1.04
>
> (since 1.04 appears to be the current version).  This then causes  
> several
> bits for the port to be set automatically:  name (to p5-file- 
> readbackwards),
> version, info on how to download from CPAN, and how to build and  
> install it.
> The rest of the info in this port is descriptive and the checksums.


What is the best way to get the checksum, just download it and md5 it  
in the shell?