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1 | package ExtUtils::Liblist; |
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2 | use vars qw($VERSION); |
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3 | # Broken out of MakeMaker from version 4.11 |
4 | |
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5 | $VERSION = substr q$Revision: 1.2201 $, 10; |
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6 | |
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7 | use Config; |
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8 | use Cwd 'cwd'; |
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9 | use File::Basename; |
10 | |
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11 | sub ext { |
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12 | if ($^O eq 'VMS') { return &_vms_ext; } |
13 | elsif($^O eq 'MSWin32') { return &_win32_ext; } |
14 | else { return &_unix_os2_ext; } |
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15 | } |
16 | |
17 | sub _unix_os2_ext { |
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18 | my($self,$potential_libs, $Verbose) = @_; |
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19 | if ($^O =~ 'os2' and $Config{libs}) { |
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20 | # Dynamic libraries are not transitive, so we may need including |
21 | # the libraries linked against perl.dll again. |
22 | |
23 | $potential_libs .= " " if $potential_libs; |
24 | $potential_libs .= $Config{libs}; |
25 | } |
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26 | return ("", "", "", "") unless $potential_libs; |
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27 | print STDOUT "Potential libraries are '$potential_libs':\n" if $Verbose; |
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28 | |
29 | my($so) = $Config{'so'}; |
30 | my($libs) = $Config{'libs'}; |
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31 | my $Config_libext = $Config{lib_ext} || ".a"; |
32 | |
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33 | |
34 | # compute $extralibs, $bsloadlibs and $ldloadlibs from |
35 | # $potential_libs |
36 | # this is a rewrite of Andy Dougherty's extliblist in perl |
37 | # its home is in <distribution>/ext/util |
38 | |
39 | my(@searchpath); # from "-L/path" entries in $potential_libs |
40 | my(@libpath) = split " ", $Config{'libpth'}; |
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41 | my(@ldloadlibs, @bsloadlibs, @extralibs, @ld_run_path, %ld_run_path_seen); |
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42 | my($fullname, $thislib, $thispth, @fullname); |
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43 | my($pwd) = cwd(); # from Cwd.pm |
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44 | my($found) = 0; |
45 | |
46 | foreach $thislib (split ' ', $potential_libs){ |
47 | |
48 | # Handle possible linker path arguments. |
49 | if ($thislib =~ s/^(-[LR])//){ # save path flag type |
50 | my($ptype) = $1; |
51 | unless (-d $thislib){ |
52 | print STDOUT "$ptype$thislib ignored, directory does not exist\n" |
53 | if $Verbose; |
54 | next; |
55 | } |
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56 | unless ($self->file_name_is_absolute($thislib)) { |
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57 | print STDOUT "Warning: $ptype$thislib changed to $ptype$pwd/$thislib\n"; |
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58 | $thislib = $self->catdir($pwd,$thislib); |
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59 | } |
60 | push(@searchpath, $thislib); |
61 | push(@extralibs, "$ptype$thislib"); |
62 | push(@ldloadlibs, "$ptype$thislib"); |
63 | next; |
64 | } |
65 | |
66 | # Handle possible library arguments. |
67 | unless ($thislib =~ s/^-l//){ |
68 | print STDOUT "Unrecognized argument in LIBS ignored: '$thislib'\n"; |
69 | next; |
70 | } |
71 | |
72 | my($found_lib)=0; |
73 | foreach $thispth (@searchpath, @libpath){ |
74 | |
75 | # Try to find the full name of the library. We need this to |
76 | # determine whether it's a dynamically-loadable library or not. |
77 | # This tends to be subject to various os-specific quirks. |
78 | # For gcc-2.6.2 on linux (March 1995), DLD can not load |
79 | # .sa libraries, with the exception of libm.sa, so we |
80 | # deliberately skip them. |
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81 | if (@fullname = |
82 | $self->lsdir($thispth,"^\Qlib$thislib.$so.\E[0-9]+")){ |
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83 | # Take care that libfoo.so.10 wins against libfoo.so.9. |
84 | # Compare two libraries to find the most recent version |
85 | # number. E.g. if you have libfoo.so.9.0.7 and |
86 | # libfoo.so.10.1, first convert all digits into two |
87 | # decimal places. Then we'll add ".00" to the shorter |
88 | # strings so that we're comparing strings of equal length |
89 | # Thus we'll compare libfoo.so.09.07.00 with |
90 | # libfoo.so.10.01.00. Some libraries might have letters |
91 | # in the version. We don't know what they mean, but will |
92 | # try to skip them gracefully -- we'll set any letter to |
93 | # '0'. Finally, sort in reverse so we can take the |
94 | # first element. |
95 | |
96 | #TODO: iterate through the directory instead of sorting |
97 | |
98 | $fullname = "$thispth/" . |
99 | (sort { my($ma) = $a; |
100 | my($mb) = $b; |
101 | $ma =~ tr/A-Za-z/0/s; |
102 | $ma =~ s/\b(\d)\b/0$1/g; |
103 | $mb =~ tr/A-Za-z/0/s; |
104 | $mb =~ s/\b(\d)\b/0$1/g; |
105 | while (length($ma) < length($mb)) { $ma .= ".00"; } |
106 | while (length($mb) < length($ma)) { $mb .= ".00"; } |
107 | # Comparison deliberately backwards |
108 | $mb cmp $ma;} @fullname)[0]; |
109 | } elsif (-f ($fullname="$thispth/lib$thislib.$so") |
110 | && (($Config{'dlsrc'} ne "dl_dld.xs") || ($thislib eq "m"))){ |
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111 | } elsif (-f ($fullname="$thispth/lib${thislib}_s$Config_libext") |
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112 | && ($thislib .= "_s") ){ # we must explicitly use _s version |
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113 | } elsif (-f ($fullname="$thispth/lib$thislib$Config_libext")){ |
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114 | } elsif (-f ($fullname="$thispth/$thislib$Config_libext")){ |
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115 | } elsif (-f ($fullname="$thispth/Slib$thislib$Config_libext")){ |
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116 | } elsif ($^O eq 'dgux' |
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117 | && -l ($fullname="$thispth/lib$thislib$Config_libext") |
118 | && readlink($fullname) =~ /^elink:/) { |
119 | # Some of DG's libraries look like misconnected symbolic |
120 | # links, but development tools can follow them. (They |
121 | # look like this: |
122 | # |
123 | # libm.a -> elink:${SDE_PATH:-/usr}/sde/\ |
124 | # ${TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE:-m88kdgux}/usr/lib/libm.a |
125 | # |
126 | # , the compilation tools expand the environment variables.) |
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127 | } else { |
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128 | print STDOUT "$thislib not found in $thispth\n" if $Verbose; |
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129 | next; |
130 | } |
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131 | print STDOUT "'-l$thislib' found at $fullname\n" if $Verbose; |
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132 | my($fullnamedir) = dirname($fullname); |
133 | push @ld_run_path, $fullnamedir unless $ld_run_path_seen{$fullnamedir}++; |
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134 | $found++; |
135 | $found_lib++; |
136 | |
137 | # Now update library lists |
138 | |
139 | # what do we know about this library... |
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140 | my $is_dyna = ($fullname !~ /\Q$Config_libext\E$/); |
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141 | my $in_perl = ($libs =~ /\B-l\Q$ {thislib}\E\b/s); |
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142 | |
143 | # Do not add it into the list if it is already linked in |
144 | # with the main perl executable. |
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145 | # We have to special-case the NeXT, because math and ndbm |
146 | # are both in libsys_s |
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147 | unless ($in_perl || |
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148 | ($Config{'osname'} eq 'next' && |
149 | ($thislib eq 'm' || $thislib eq 'ndbm')) ){ |
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150 | push(@extralibs, "-l$thislib"); |
151 | } |
152 | |
153 | # We might be able to load this archive file dynamically |
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154 | if ( ($Config{'dlsrc'} =~ /dl_next/ && $Config{'osvers'} lt '4_0') |
155 | || ($Config{'dlsrc'} =~ /dl_dld/) ) |
156 | { |
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157 | # We push -l$thislib instead of $fullname because |
158 | # it avoids hardwiring a fixed path into the .bs file. |
159 | # Mkbootstrap will automatically add dl_findfile() to |
160 | # the .bs file if it sees a name in the -l format. |
161 | # USE THIS, when dl_findfile() is fixed: |
162 | # push(@bsloadlibs, "-l$thislib"); |
163 | # OLD USE WAS while checking results against old_extliblist |
164 | push(@bsloadlibs, "$fullname"); |
165 | } else { |
166 | if ($is_dyna){ |
167 | # For SunOS4, do not add in this shared library if |
168 | # it is already linked in the main perl executable |
169 | push(@ldloadlibs, "-l$thislib") |
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170 | unless ($in_perl and $^O eq 'sunos'); |
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171 | } else { |
172 | push(@ldloadlibs, "-l$thislib"); |
173 | } |
174 | } |
175 | last; # found one here so don't bother looking further |
176 | } |
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177 | print STDOUT "Note (probably harmless): " |
178 | ."No library found for -l$thislib\n" |
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179 | unless $found_lib>0; |
180 | } |
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181 | return ('','','','') unless $found; |
182 | ("@extralibs", "@bsloadlibs", "@ldloadlibs",join(":",@ld_run_path)); |
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183 | } |
184 | |
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185 | sub _win32_ext { |
186 | my($self, $potential_libs, $Verbose) = @_; |
187 | |
188 | # If user did not supply a list, we punt. |
189 | # (caller should probably use the list in $Config{libs}) |
190 | return ("", "", "", "") unless $potential_libs; |
191 | |
192 | my($so) = $Config{'so'}; |
193 | my($libs) = $Config{'libs'}; |
194 | my($libpth) = $Config{'libpth'}; |
195 | my($libext) = $Config{'lib_ext'} || ".lib"; |
196 | |
197 | if ($libs and $potential_libs !~ /:nodefault/i) { |
198 | # If Config.pm defines a set of default libs, we always |
199 | # tack them on to the user-supplied list, unless the user |
200 | # specified :nodefault |
201 | |
202 | $potential_libs .= " " if $potential_libs; |
203 | $potential_libs .= $libs; |
204 | } |
205 | print STDOUT "Potential libraries are '$potential_libs':\n" if $Verbose; |
206 | |
207 | # compute $extralibs from $potential_libs |
208 | |
209 | my(@searchpath); # from "-L/path" entries in $potential_libs |
210 | my(@libpath) = split " ", $libpth; |
211 | my(@extralibs); |
212 | my($fullname, $thislib, $thispth); |
213 | my($pwd) = cwd(); # from Cwd.pm |
214 | my($lib) = ''; |
215 | my($found) = 0; |
216 | |
217 | foreach $thislib (split ' ', $potential_libs){ |
218 | |
219 | # Handle possible linker path arguments. |
220 | if ($thislib =~ s/^-L// and not -d $thislib) { |
221 | print STDOUT "-L$thislib ignored, directory does not exist\n" |
222 | if $Verbose; |
223 | next; |
224 | } |
225 | elsif (-d $thislib) { |
226 | unless ($self->file_name_is_absolute($thislib)) { |
227 | print STDOUT "Warning: -L$thislib changed to -L$pwd/$thislib\n"; |
228 | $thislib = $self->catdir($pwd,$thislib); |
229 | } |
230 | push(@searchpath, $thislib); |
231 | next; |
232 | } |
233 | |
234 | # Handle possible library arguments. |
235 | $thislib =~ s/^-l//; |
236 | $thislib .= $libext if $thislib !~ /\Q$libext\E$/i; |
237 | |
238 | my($found_lib)=0; |
239 | foreach $thispth (@searchpath, @libpath){ |
240 | unless (-f ($fullname="$thispth\\$thislib")) { |
241 | print STDOUT "$thislib not found in $thispth\n" if $Verbose; |
242 | next; |
243 | } |
244 | print STDOUT "'$thislib' found at $fullname\n" if $Verbose; |
245 | $found++; |
246 | $found_lib++; |
247 | push(@extralibs, $fullname); |
248 | last; |
249 | } |
250 | print STDOUT "Note (probably harmless): " |
251 | ."No library found for '$thislib'\n" |
252 | unless $found_lib>0; |
253 | } |
254 | return ('','','','') unless $found; |
255 | $lib = join(' ',@extralibs); |
256 | print "Result: $lib\n" if $verbose; |
257 | wantarray ? ($lib, '', $lib, '') : $lib; |
258 | } |
259 | |
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260 | |
261 | sub _vms_ext { |
262 | my($self, $potential_libs,$verbose) = @_; |
263 | return ('', '', '', '') unless $potential_libs; |
264 | |
265 | my(@dirs,@libs,$dir,$lib,%sh,%olb,%obj); |
266 | my $cwd = cwd(); |
267 | my($so,$lib_ext,$obj_ext) = @Config{'so','lib_ext','obj_ext'}; |
268 | # List of common Unix library names and there VMS equivalents |
269 | # (VMS equivalent of '' indicates that the library is automatially |
270 | # searched by the linker, and should be skipped here.) |
271 | my %libmap = ( 'm' => '', 'f77' => '', 'F77' => '', 'V77' => '', 'c' => '', |
272 | 'malloc' => '', 'crypt' => '', 'resolv' => '', 'c_s' => '', |
273 | 'socket' => '', 'X11' => 'DECW$XLIBSHR', |
274 | 'Xt' => 'DECW$XTSHR', 'Xm' => 'DECW$XMLIBSHR', |
275 | 'Xmu' => 'DECW$XMULIBSHR'); |
276 | if ($Config{'vms_cc_type'} ne 'decc') { $libmap{'curses'} = 'VAXCCURSE'; } |
277 | |
278 | print STDOUT "Potential libraries are '$potential_libs'\n" if $verbose; |
279 | |
280 | # First, sort out directories and library names in the input |
281 | foreach $lib (split ' ',$potential_libs) { |
282 | push(@dirs,$1), next if $lib =~ /^-L(.*)/; |
283 | push(@dirs,$lib), next if $lib =~ /[:>\]]$/; |
284 | push(@dirs,$lib), next if -d $lib; |
285 | push(@libs,$1), next if $lib =~ /^-l(.*)/; |
286 | push(@libs,$lib); |
287 | } |
288 | push(@dirs,split(' ',$Config{'libpth'})); |
289 | |
290 | # Now make sure we've got VMS-syntax absolute directory specs |
291 | # (We don't, however, check whether someone's hidden a relative |
292 | # path in a logical name.) |
293 | foreach $dir (@dirs) { |
294 | unless (-d $dir) { |
295 | print STDOUT "Skipping nonexistent Directory $dir\n" if $verbose > 1; |
296 | $dir = ''; |
297 | next; |
298 | } |
299 | print STDOUT "Resolving directory $dir\n" if $verbose; |
300 | if ($self->file_name_is_absolute($dir)) { $dir = $self->fixpath($dir,1); } |
301 | else { $dir = $self->catdir($cwd,$dir); } |
302 | } |
303 | @dirs = grep { length($_) } @dirs; |
304 | unshift(@dirs,''); # Check each $lib without additions first |
305 | |
306 | LIB: foreach $lib (@libs) { |
307 | if (exists $libmap{$lib}) { |
308 | next unless length $libmap{$lib}; |
309 | $lib = $libmap{$lib}; |
310 | } |
311 | |
312 | my(@variants,$variant,$name,$test,$cand); |
313 | my($ctype) = ''; |
314 | |
315 | # If we don't have a file type, consider it a possibly abbreviated name and |
316 | # check for common variants. We try these first to grab libraries before |
317 | # a like-named executable image (e.g. -lperl resolves to perlshr.exe |
318 | # before perl.exe). |
319 | if ($lib !~ /\.[^:>\]]*$/) { |
320 | push(@variants,"${lib}shr","${lib}rtl","${lib}lib"); |
321 | push(@variants,"lib$lib") if $lib !~ /[:>\]]/; |
322 | } |
323 | push(@variants,$lib); |
324 | print STDOUT "Looking for $lib\n" if $verbose; |
325 | foreach $variant (@variants) { |
326 | foreach $dir (@dirs) { |
327 | my($type); |
328 | |
329 | $name = "$dir$variant"; |
330 | print "\tChecking $name\n" if $verbose > 2; |
331 | if (-f ($test = VMS::Filespec::rmsexpand($name))) { |
332 | # It's got its own suffix, so we'll have to figure out the type |
333 | if ($test =~ /(?:$so|exe)$/i) { $type = 'sh'; } |
334 | elsif ($test =~ /(?:$lib_ext|olb)$/i) { $type = 'olb'; } |
335 | elsif ($test =~ /(?:$obj_ext|obj)$/i) { |
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336 | print STDOUT "Note (probably harmless): " |
337 | ."Plain object file $test found in library list\n"; |
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338 | $type = 'obj'; |
339 | } |
340 | else { |
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341 | print STDOUT "Note (probably harmless): " |
342 | ."Unknown library type for $test; assuming shared\n"; |
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343 | $type = 'sh'; |
344 | } |
345 | } |
346 | elsif (-f ($test = VMS::Filespec::rmsexpand($name,$so)) or |
347 | -f ($test = VMS::Filespec::rmsexpand($name,'.exe'))) { |
348 | $type = 'sh'; |
349 | $name = $test unless $test =~ /exe;?\d*$/i; |
350 | } |
351 | elsif (not length($ctype) and # If we've got a lib already, don't bother |
352 | ( -f ($test = VMS::Filespec::rmsexpand($name,$lib_ext)) or |
353 | -f ($test = VMS::Filespec::rmsexpand($name,'.olb')))) { |
354 | $type = 'olb'; |
355 | $name = $test unless $test =~ /olb;?\d*$/i; |
356 | } |
357 | elsif (not length($ctype) and # If we've got a lib already, don't bother |
358 | ( -f ($test = VMS::Filespec::rmsexpand($name,$obj_ext)) or |
359 | -f ($test = VMS::Filespec::rmsexpand($name,'.obj')))) { |
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360 | print STDOUT "Note (probably harmless): " |
361 | ."Plain object file $test found in library list\n"; |
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362 | $type = 'obj'; |
363 | $name = $test unless $test =~ /obj;?\d*$/i; |
364 | } |
365 | if (defined $type) { |
366 | $ctype = $type; $cand = $name; |
367 | last if $ctype eq 'sh'; |
368 | } |
369 | } |
370 | if ($ctype) { |
371 | eval '$' . $ctype . "{'$cand'}++"; |
372 | die "Error recording library: $@" if $@; |
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373 | print STDOUT "\tFound as $cand (really $ctest), type $ctype\n" if $verbose > 1; |
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374 | next LIB; |
375 | } |
376 | } |
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377 | print STDOUT "Note (probably harmless): " |
378 | ."No library found for $lib\n"; |
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379 | } |
380 | |
381 | @libs = sort keys %obj; |
382 | # This has to precede any other CRTLs, so just make it first |
383 | if ($olb{VAXCCURSE}) { |
384 | push(@libs,"$olb{VAXCCURSE}/Library"); |
385 | delete $olb{VAXCCURSE}; |
386 | } |
387 | push(@libs, map { "$_/Library" } sort keys %olb); |
388 | push(@libs, map { "$_/Share" } sort keys %sh); |
389 | $lib = join(' ',@libs); |
390 | print "Result: $lib\n" if $verbose; |
391 | wantarray ? ($lib, '', $lib, '') : $lib; |
392 | } |
393 | |
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394 | 1; |
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395 | |
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396 | __END__ |
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397 | |
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398 | =head1 NAME |
399 | |
400 | ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them |
401 | |
402 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
403 | |
404 | C<require ExtUtils::Liblist;> |
405 | |
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406 | C<ExtUtils::Liblist::ext($self, $potential_libs, $Verbose);> |
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407 | |
408 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
409 | |
410 | This utility takes a list of libraries in the form C<-llib1 -llib2 |
411 | -llib3> and prints out lines suitable for inclusion in an extension |
412 | Makefile. Extra library paths may be included with the form |
413 | C<-L/another/path> this will affect the searches for all subsequent |
414 | libraries. |
415 | |
416 | It returns an array of four scalar values: EXTRALIBS, BSLOADLIBS, |
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417 | LDLOADLIBS, and LD_RUN_PATH. Some of these don't mean anything |
418 | on VMS and Win32. See the details about those platform specifics |
419 | below. |
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420 | |
421 | Dependent libraries can be linked in one of three ways: |
422 | |
423 | =over 2 |
424 | |
425 | =item * For static extensions |
426 | |
427 | by the ld command when the perl binary is linked with the extension |
428 | library. See EXTRALIBS below. |
429 | |
430 | =item * For dynamic extensions |
431 | |
432 | by the ld command when the shared object is built/linked. See |
433 | LDLOADLIBS below. |
434 | |
435 | =item * For dynamic extensions |
436 | |
437 | by the DynaLoader when the shared object is loaded. See BSLOADLIBS |
438 | below. |
439 | |
440 | =back |
441 | |
442 | =head2 EXTRALIBS |
443 | |
444 | List of libraries that need to be linked with when linking a perl |
445 | binary which includes this extension Only those libraries that |
446 | actually exist are included. These are written to a file and used |
447 | when linking perl. |
448 | |
449 | =head2 LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH |
450 | |
451 | List of those libraries which can or must be linked into the shared |
452 | library when created using ld. These may be static or dynamic |
453 | libraries. LD_RUN_PATH is a colon separated list of the directories |
454 | in LDLOADLIBS. It is passed as an environment variable to the process |
455 | that links the shared library. |
456 | |
457 | =head2 BSLOADLIBS |
458 | |
459 | List of those libraries that are needed but can be linked in |
460 | dynamically at run time on this platform. SunOS/Solaris does not need |
461 | this because ld records the information (from LDLOADLIBS) into the |
462 | object file. This list is used to create a .bs (bootstrap) file. |
463 | |
464 | =head1 PORTABILITY |
465 | |
466 | This module deals with a lot of system dependencies and has quite a |
467 | few architecture specific B<if>s in the code. |
468 | |
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469 | =head2 VMS implementation |
470 | |
471 | The version of ext() which is executed under VMS differs from the |
472 | Unix-OS/2 version in several respects: |
473 | |
474 | =over 2 |
475 | |
476 | =item * |
477 | |
478 | Input library and path specifications are accepted with or without the |
479 | C<-l> and C<-L> prefices used by Unix linkers. If neither prefix is |
480 | present, a token is considered a directory to search if it is in fact |
481 | a directory, and a library to search for otherwise. Authors who wish |
482 | their extensions to be portable to Unix or OS/2 should use the Unix |
483 | prefixes, since the Unix-OS/2 version of ext() requires them. |
484 | |
485 | =item * |
486 | |
487 | Wherever possible, shareable images are preferred to object libraries, |
488 | and object libraries to plain object files. In accordance with VMS |
489 | naming conventions, ext() looks for files named I<lib>shr and I<lib>rtl; |
490 | it also looks for I<lib>lib and libI<lib> to accomodate Unix conventions |
491 | used in some ported software. |
492 | |
493 | =item * |
494 | |
495 | For each library that is found, an appropriate directive for a linker options |
496 | file is generated. The return values are space-separated strings of |
497 | these directives, rather than elements used on the linker command line. |
498 | |
499 | =item * |
500 | |
501 | LDLOADLIBS and EXTRALIBS are always identical under VMS, and BSLOADLIBS |
502 | and LD_RIN_PATH are always empty. |
503 | |
504 | =back |
505 | |
506 | In addition, an attempt is made to recognize several common Unix library |
507 | names, and filter them out or convert them to their VMS equivalents, as |
508 | appropriate. |
509 | |
510 | In general, the VMS version of ext() should properly handle input from |
511 | extensions originally designed for a Unix or VMS environment. If you |
512 | encounter problems, or discover cases where the search could be improved, |
513 | please let us know. |
514 | |
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515 | =head2 Win32 implementation |
516 | |
517 | The version of ext() which is executed under Win32 differs from the |
518 | Unix-OS/2 version in several respects: |
519 | |
520 | =over 2 |
521 | |
522 | =item * |
523 | |
524 | Input library and path specifications are accepted with or without the |
525 | C<-l> and C<-L> prefices used by Unix linkers. C<-lfoo> specifies the |
526 | library C<foo.lib> and C<-Ls:ome\dir> specifies a directory to look for |
527 | the libraries that follow. If neither prefix is present, a token is |
528 | considered a directory to search if it is in fact a directory, and a |
529 | library to search for otherwise. The C<$Config{lib_ext}> suffix will |
530 | be appended to any entries that are not directories and don't already |
531 | have the suffix. Authors who wish their extensions to be portable to |
532 | Unix or OS/2 should use the Unix prefixes, since the Unix-OS/2 version |
533 | of ext() requires them. |
534 | |
535 | =item * |
536 | |
537 | Entries cannot be plain object files, as many Win32 compilers will |
538 | not handle object files in the place of libraries. |
539 | |
540 | =item * |
541 | |
542 | If C<$potential_libs> is empty, the return value will be empty. |
543 | Otherwise, the libraries specified by C<$Config{libs}> (see Config.pm) |
544 | will be appended to the list of C<$potential_libs>. The libraries |
545 | will be searched for in the directories specified in C<$potential_libs> |
546 | as well as in C<$Config{libpth}>. For each library that is found, a |
547 | space-separated list of fully qualified library pathnames is generated. |
548 | You may specify an entry that matches C</:nodefault/i> in |
549 | C<$potential_libs> to disable the appending of default libraries |
550 | found in C<$Config{libs}> (this should be only needed very rarely). |
551 | |
552 | =item * |
553 | |
554 | The libraries specified may be a mixture of static libraries and |
555 | import libraries (to link with DLLs). Since both kinds are used |
556 | pretty transparently on the win32 platform, we do not attempt to |
557 | distinguish between them. |
558 | |
559 | =item * |
560 | |
561 | LDLOADLIBS and EXTRALIBS are always identical under Win32, and BSLOADLIBS |
562 | and LD_RUN_PATH are always empty (this may change in future). |
563 | |
564 | =back |
565 | |
566 | |
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567 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
568 | |
569 | L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> |
570 | |
571 | =cut |
572 | |