Dh-make-perl will create the files required to build a debian source package out of a perl package. this works for most simple packages and is also useful for getting started with packaging perl modules. given a perl package name, it can also automatically download it from cpan.

dh-make-perl can also help keeping the debian/ content current when upstream dependencies or debian practices change. it can also help improve existing perl module packages.

includes the cpan2deb and cpan2dsc flavours.