
Cons is a Perl-based make replacement.  It is not compatible with make,
but has a number of powerful capabilities not found in other software
construction systems, including make.

This package contains latest stable release of Cons and its documentation.
If you are looking for the latest development release, use the tip of the
current git repo. That is, the un-tagged/current source. Development
releases are intended for advanced features and quick delivery of bug
fixes.

A related package (cons-test) contains a portable test suite for Cons,
plus a wrapper script and supporting modules for executing the tests.
You do not need this other package to use Cons.

You will need Perl 5.003 or better and the Perl Digest::MD5 module,
available from CPAN.

Cons is known to work on a variety of platforms: it's in production
use on versions of FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS, Solaris, HPUX, AIX, IRIX and
Windows NT.

Documentation is supplied in POD format (thanks to Ulrich Pfeifer).

   Please report any suggestions through the Issue tracker on Codeberg at:
   https://codeberg.org/BSDforge/cons/issues

   If you find a bug, please report it through the Issue tracker on
   Codeberg at: https://codeberg.org/BSDforge/cons/issues

   If you'd like to propose any patches, we'd love to see them! Please
   submit a pull request on Codeberg at:
   https://codeberg.org/BSDforge/cons/pulls

   Information about CONS can be obtained from the official cons web site
   https://codeberg.org/BSDforge/cons/

An article about Cons appeared in The Perl Journal, issue #9, Spring 1998.
