libpath-class-perl 0.17-1 (i386 binary) in ubuntu karmic

 Path::Class is a module for manipulation of file and directory specifications
 (strings describing their locations, like '/home/ken/foo.txt' or
 'C:\Windows\Foo.txt') in a cross-platform manner. It supports pretty much
 every platform Perl runs on, including Unix, Windows, Mac, VMS, Epoc, Cygwin,
 OS/2, and NetWare.
 .
 The well-known module File::Spec also provides this service, but it's sort of
 awkward to use well, so people sometimes avoid it, or use it in a way that
 won't actually work properly on platforms significantly different than the
 ones they've tested their code on.
 .
 In fact, Path::Class uses File::Spec internally, wrapping all the unsightly
 details so you can concentrate on your application code. Whereas File::Spec
 provides functions for some common path manipulations, Path::Class provides an
 object-oriented model of the world of path specifications and their underlying
 semantics. File::Spec doesn't create any objects, and its classes represent
 the different ways in which paths must be manipulated on various platforms
 (not a very intuitive concept). Path::Class creates objects representing
 files and directories, and provides methods that relate them to each other.