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Alien-Build-0.16
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/ Alien::Build::MM

NAME

Alien::Build::MM - Alien::Build installer code for ExtUtils::MakeMaker

VERSION

version 0.16

SYNOPSIS

In your Makefile.PL:

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
use Alien::Build::MM;

my $abmm = Alien::Build::MM->new;

WriteMakefile($abmm->mm_args(
  ABSTRACT     => 'Discover or download and install libfoo',
  DISTNAME     => 'ALien-Libfoo',
  NAME         => 'Alien::Libfoo',
  VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Alien/Libfoo.pm',
  ...
));

sub MY::postamble {
  $abmm->mm_postamble;
}

In your lib/Alien/Libfoo.pm:

package Alien::Libfoo;
use base qw( Alien::Base );
1;

DESCRIPTION

This class allows you to use Alien::Build and Alien::Base with ExtUtils::MakeMaker.

CONSTRUCTOR

new

my $abmm = Alien::Build::MM->new;

Create a new instance of Alien::Build::MM.

PROPERTIES

build

my $build = $abmm->build;

The Alien::Build instance.

METHODS

mm_args

my %args = $abmm->mm_args(%args);

Adjust the arguments passed into WriteMakefile as needed by Alien::Build.

mm_postamble

my %args = $abmm->mm_args(%args);

Returns the postamble for the Makefile needed for Alien::Build. This adds the following make targets which are normally called when you run make all, but can be run individually if needed for debugging.

alien_prefix

Determines the final install prefix (%{alien.install.prefix}).

alien_download

Downloads the source from the internet. Does nothing for a system install.

alien_build

Build from source (if a share install). Gather configuration (for either system or share install).

SEE ALSO

Alien::Build, Alien::Base, Alien

AUTHOR

Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Graham Ollis.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.