1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/eclass/perl-functions.eclass b/eclass/perl-functions.eclass
index be27d7e2509d..5073215e0e72 100644
--- a/eclass/perl-functions.eclass
+++ b/eclass/perl-functions.eclass
@@ -430,3 +430,21 @@ perl_get_module_version() {
 		print ${$stash->{VERSION}};
 		exit 0; ' "$@"
 }
+
+# @FUNCTION: perl_get_raw_vendorlib
+# @USAGE: perl_get_raw_vendorlib
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# Convenience function to optimise for a common case without double-handling
+# variables everywhere.
+#
+# Note: Will include EPREFIX where relevant
+perl_get_raw_vendorlib() {
+	debug-print-function $FUNCNAME "$@"
+
+	[[ $# -lt 1 ]] || die "${FUNCNAME}: Too many parameters ($#)"
+
+	perl -MConfig \
+		-e'exists $Config{$ARGV[0]} || die qq{No such Config key "$ARGV[0]"};
+		   print $Config{$ARGV[0]};
+		   exit 0' -- "installvendorlib" || die "Can't extract installvendorlib from Perl Configuration"
+}
+\ No newline at end of file