package local::lib;
-use 5.8.1; # probably works with earlier versions but I'm not supporting them
- # (patches would, of course, be welcome)
+use 5.006;
use File::Spec ();
-use File::Path ();
-use Carp ();
use Config;
-our $VERSION = '1.000000'; # 1.0.0
+our $VERSION = '1.008026'; # 1.8.26
+$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
+
+our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained --deactivate --deactivate-all);
+
+sub DEACTIVATE_ONE () { 1 }
+sub DEACTIVATE_ALL () { 2 }
+
+sub INTERPOLATE_ENV () { 1 }
+sub LITERAL_ENV () { 0 }
sub import {
- my ($class, $path) = @_;
- $path = $class->resolve_path($path);
- $class->setup_local_lib_for($path);
+ my ($class, @args) = @_;
+
+ # Remember what PERL5LIB was when we started
+ my $perl5lib = $ENV{PERL5LIB} || '';
+
+ my %arg_store;
+ for my $arg (@args) {
+ # check for lethal dash first to stop processing before causing problems
+ # the fancy dash is U+2212 or \xE2\x88\x92
+ if ($arg =~ /\xE2\x88\x92/ or $arg =~ /−/) {
+ die <<'DEATH';
+WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got some fancy dashes in your commandline!
+These are *not* the traditional -- dashes that software recognizes. You
+probably got these by copy-pasting from the perldoc for this module as
+rendered by a UTF8-capable formatter. This most typically happens on an OS X
+terminal, but can happen elsewhere too. Please try again after replacing the
+dashes with normal minus signs.
+DEATH
+ }
+ elsif(grep { $arg eq $_ } @KNOWN_FLAGS) {
+ (my $flag = $arg) =~ s/--//;
+ $arg_store{$flag} = 1;
+ }
+ elsif($arg =~ /^--/) {
+ die "Unknown import argument: $arg";
+ }
+ else {
+ # assume that what's left is a path
+ $arg_store{path} = $arg;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if($arg_store{'self-contained'}) {
+ die "FATAL: The local::lib --self-contained flag has never worked reliably and the original author, Mark Stosberg, was unable or unwilling to maintain it. As such, this flag has been removed from the local::lib codebase in order to prevent misunderstandings and potentially broken builds. The local::lib authors recommend that you look at the lib::core::only module shipped with this distribution in order to create a more robust environment that is equivalent to what --self-contained provided (although quite possibly not what you originally thought it provided due to the poor quality of the documentation, for which we apologise).\n";
+ }
+
+ my $deactivating = 0;
+ if ($arg_store{deactivate}) {
+ $deactivating = DEACTIVATE_ONE;
+ }
+ if ($arg_store{'deactivate-all'}) {
+ $deactivating = DEACTIVATE_ALL;
+ }
+
+ $arg_store{path} = $class->resolve_path($arg_store{path});
+ $class->setup_local_lib_for($arg_store{path}, $deactivating);
+
+ for (@INC) { # Untaint @INC
+ next if ref; # Skip entry if it is an ARRAY, CODE, blessed, etc.
+ m/(.*)/ and $_ = $1;
+ }
}
sub pipeline;
}
}
-=for test pipeline
+=begin testing
+
+#:: test pipeline
package local::lib;
{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
-my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
+my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
+=end testing
+
=cut
+sub _uniq {
+ my %seen;
+ grep { ! $seen{$_}++ } @_;
+}
+
sub resolve_path {
my ($class, $path) = @_;
$class->${pipeline qw(
}
}
-=for test classmethod setup
+=begin testing
+
+#:: test classmethod setup
my $c = 'local::lib';
-=cut
+=end testing
-=for test classmethod
+=begin testing
+
+#:: test classmethod
is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
+=end testing
+
=cut
sub resolve_home_path {
my ($class, $path) = @_;
return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
- my $tried_file_homedir;
my $homedir = do {
- if (eval { require File::HomeDir } && $File::HomeDir::VERSION >= 0.65) {
- $tried_file_homedir = 1;
- if (defined $user) {
- File::HomeDir->users_home($user);
- } else {
- File::HomeDir->my_home;
- }
- } else {
- if (defined $user) {
- (getpwnam $user)[7];
- } else {
- if (defined $ENV{HOME}) {
- $ENV{HOME};
- } else {
- (getpwuid $<)[7];
- }
- }
+ if (!defined $user && defined $ENV{HOME}) {
+ $ENV{HOME}
+ }
+ else {
+ require File::Glob;
+ File::Glob::bsd_glob("~$user", File::Glob::GLOB_TILDE());
}
};
unless (defined $homedir) {
+ require Carp;
Carp::croak(
"Couldn't resolve homedir for "
.(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
- .($tried_file_homedir ? '' : ' - consider installing File::HomeDir')
);
}
$path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
sub resolve_relative_path {
my ($class, $path) = @_;
- File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
+ $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
}
-=for test classmethod
+=begin testing
+
+#:: test classmethod
local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
+=end testing
+
=cut
sub setup_local_lib_for {
- my ($class, $path) = @_;
- $class->ensure_dir_structure_for($path);
+ my ($class, $path, $deactivating) = @_;
+
+ my $interpolate = LITERAL_ENV;
+ my @active_lls = $class->active_paths;
+
+ $class->ensure_dir_structure_for($path)
+ unless $deactivating;
+
+ # On Win32 directories often contain spaces. But some parts of the CPAN
+ # toolchain don't like that. To avoid this, GetShortPathName() gives us
+ # an alternate representation that has none.
+ # This only works if the directory already exists.
+ $path = Win32::GetShortPathName($path) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
+
+ if (! $deactivating) {
+ if (@active_lls && $active_lls[0] eq $path) {
+ exit 0 if $0 eq '-';
+ return; # Asked to add what's already at the top of the stack
+ } elsif (grep { $_ eq $path} @active_lls) {
+ # Asked to add a dir that's lower in the stack -- so we remove it from
+ # where it is, and then add it back at the top.
+ $class->setup_env_hash_for($path, DEACTIVATE_ONE);
+ # Which means we can no longer output "PERL5LIB=...:$PERL5LIB" stuff
+ # anymore because we're taking something *out*.
+ $interpolate = INTERPOLATE_ENV;
+ }
+ }
+
if ($0 eq '-') {
- $class->print_environment_vars_for($path);
+ $class->print_environment_vars_for($path, $deactivating, $interpolate);
exit 0;
} else {
- $class->setup_env_hash_for($path);
- unshift(@INC, split(':', $ENV{PERL5LIB}));
+ $class->setup_env_hash_for($path, $deactivating);
+ my $arch_dir = $Config{archname};
+ @INC = _uniq(
+ (
+ # Inject $path/$archname for each path in PERL5LIB
+ map { ( File::Spec->catdir($_, $arch_dir), $_ ) }
+ split($Config{path_sep}, $ENV{PERL5LIB})
+ ),
+ @INC
+ );
}
}
-sub modulebuildrc_path {
- my ($class, $path) = @_;
- File::Spec->catfile($path, '.modulebuildrc');
-}
-
sub install_base_bin_path {
my ($class, $path) = @_;
File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
unless (-d $path) {
warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
}
- File::Path::mkpath($path);
- my $modulebuildrc_path = $class->modulebuildrc_path($path);
- if (-e $modulebuildrc_path) {
- unless (-f _) {
- Carp::croak("${modulebuildrc_path} exists but is not a plain file");
- }
- } else {
- warn "Attempting to create file ${modulebuildrc_path}\n";
- open MODULEBUILDRC, '>', $modulebuildrc_path
- || Carp::croak("Couldn't open ${modulebuildrc_path} for writing: $!");
- print MODULEBUILDRC qq{install --install_base ${path}\n}
- || Carp::croak("Couldn't write line to ${modulebuildrc_path}: $!");
- close MODULEBUILDRC
- || Carp::croak("Couldn't close file ${modulebuildrc_path}: $@");
+ require File::Basename;
+ my @dirs;
+ while(!-d $path) {
+ push @dirs, $path;
+ $path = File::Basename::dirname($path);
}
+ mkdir $_ for reverse @dirs;
+ return;
}
-sub INTERPOLATE_PATH () { 1 }
-sub LITERAL_PATH () { 0 }
+sub guess_shelltype {
+ my $shellbin = 'sh';
+ if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
+ my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
+ $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
+ }
+ my $shelltype = do {
+ local $_ = $shellbin;
+ if(/csh/) {
+ 'csh'
+ } else {
+ 'bourne'
+ }
+ };
+
+ # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
+ if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
+ my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
+ $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
+ $shelltype = do {
+ local $_ = $shellbin;
+ if(/command\.com/) {
+ 'win32'
+ } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
+ 'win32'
+ } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
+ 'win32'
+ } else {
+ $shelltype
+ }
+ };
+ }
+ return $shelltype;
+}
sub print_environment_vars_for {
- my ($class, $path) = @_;
- my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, LITERAL_PATH);
+ my ($class, $path, $deactivating, $interpolate) = @_;
+ print $class->environment_vars_string_for($path, $deactivating, $interpolate);
+}
+
+sub environment_vars_string_for {
+ my ($class, $path, $deactivating, $interpolate) = @_;
+ my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, $deactivating, $interpolate);
my $out = '';
+
+ # rather basic csh detection, goes on the assumption that something won't
+ # call itself csh unless it really is. also, default to bourne in the
+ # pathological situation where a user doesn't have $ENV{SHELL} defined.
+ # note also that shells with funny names, like zoid, are assumed to be
+ # bourne.
+
+ my $shelltype = $class->guess_shelltype;
+
while (@envs) {
my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
- $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g;
- $out .= qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n};
+ $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g if defined $value;
+ $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
}
- print $out;
+ return $out;
+}
+
+# simple routines that take two arguments: an %ENV key and a value. return
+# strings that are suitable for passing directly to the relevant shell to set
+# said key to said value.
+sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
+ my $class = shift;
+ my($name, $value) = @_;
+ return defined($value) ? qq{export ${name}="${value}";\n} : qq{unset ${name};\n};
+}
+
+sub build_csh_env_declaration {
+ my $class = shift;
+ my($name, $value) = @_;
+ return defined($value) ? qq{setenv ${name} "${value}";\n} : qq{unsetenv ${name};\n};
+}
+
+sub build_win32_env_declaration {
+ my $class = shift;
+ my($name, $value) = @_;
+ return defined($value) ? qq{set ${name}=${value}\n} : qq{set ${name}=\n};
}
sub setup_env_hash_for {
- my ($class, $path) = @_;
- my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, INTERPOLATE_PATH);
+ my ($class, $path, $deactivating) = @_;
+ my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, $deactivating, INTERPOLATE_ENV);
@ENV{keys %envs} = values %envs;
}
sub build_environment_vars_for {
+ my ($class, $path, $deactivating, $interpolate) = @_;
+
+ if ($deactivating && $deactivating == DEACTIVATE_ONE) {
+ return $class->build_deactivate_environment_vars_for($path, $interpolate);
+ } elsif ($deactivating && $deactivating == DEACTIVATE_ALL) {
+ return $class->build_deact_all_environment_vars_for($path, $interpolate);
+ } else {
+ return $class->build_activate_environment_vars_for($path, $interpolate);
+ }
+}
+
+# Build an environment value for a variable like PATH from a list of paths.
+# References to existing variables are given as references to the variable name.
+# Duplicates are removed.
+#
+# options:
+# - interpolate: INTERPOLATE_ENV/LITERAL_ENV
+# - exists: paths are included only if they exist (default: interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV)
+# - filter: function to apply to each path do decide if it must be included
+# - empty: the value to return in the case of empty value
+my %ENV_LIST_VALUE_DEFAULTS = (
+ interpolate => INTERPOLATE_ENV,
+ exists => undef,
+ filter => sub { 1 },
+ empty => undef,
+);
+sub _env_list_value {
+ my $options = shift;
+ die(sprintf "unknown option '$_' at %s line %u\n", (caller)[1..2])
+ for grep { !exists $ENV_LIST_VALUE_DEFAULTS{$_} } keys %$options;
+ my %options = (%ENV_LIST_VALUE_DEFAULTS, %{ $options });
+ $options{exists} = $options{interpolate} == INTERPOLATE_ENV
+ unless defined $options{exists};
+
+ my %seen;
+
+ my $value = join($Config{path_sep}, map {
+ ref $_ ? ($^O eq 'MSWin32' ? "%${$_}%" : "\$${$_}") : $_
+ } grep {
+ ref $_ || (defined $_
+ && length($_) > 0
+ && !$seen{$_}++
+ && $options{filter}->($_)
+ && (!$options{exists} || -e $_))
+ } map {
+ if (ref $_ eq 'SCALAR' && $options{interpolate} == INTERPOLATE_ENV) {
+ defined $ENV{${$_}} ? (split /\Q$Config{path_sep}/, $ENV{${$_}}) : ()
+ } else {
+ $_
+ }
+ } @_);
+ return length($value) ? $value : $options{empty};
+}
+
+sub build_activate_environment_vars_for {
my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
return (
- MODULEBUILDRC => $class->modulebuildrc_path($path),
- PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=${path}",
- PERL5LIB => join(':',
- $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
- $class->install_base_arch_path($path),
- ),
- PATH => join(':',
- $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
- ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_PATH
- ? $ENV{PATH}
- : '$PATH')
- ),
+ PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT =>
+ _env_list_value(
+ { interpolate => $interpolate, exists => 0, empty => '' },
+ $path,
+ \'PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT',
+ ),
+ PERL_MB_OPT => "--install_base " . _mb_escape_path($path),
+ PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=" . _mm_escape_path($path),
+ PERL5LIB =>
+ _env_list_value(
+ { interpolate => $interpolate, exists => 0, empty => '' },
+ $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
+ \'PERL5LIB',
+ ),
+ PATH => _env_list_value(
+ { interpolate => $interpolate, exists => 0, empty => '' },
+ $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
+ \'PATH',
+ ),
)
}
-=for test classmethod
+sub _mm_escape_path {
+ my $path = shift;
+ $path =~ s/\\/\\\\\\\\/g;
+ if ($path =~ s/ /\\ /g) {
+ $path = qq{"\\"$path\\""};
+ }
+ return $path;
+}
+
+sub _mb_escape_path {
+ my $path = shift;
+ $path =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
+ return qq{"$path"};
+}
+
+sub active_paths {
+ my ($class) = @_;
+
+ return () unless defined $ENV{PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT};
+
+ return grep {
+ # screen out entries that aren't actually reflected in @INC
+ my $active_ll = $class->install_base_perl_path($_);
+ grep { $_ eq $active_ll } @INC
+ }
+ grep { $_ ne '' }
+ split /\Q$Config{path_sep}\E/, $ENV{PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT};
+}
+
+sub build_deactivate_environment_vars_for {
+ my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
+
+ my @active_lls = $class->active_paths;
+
+ if (!grep { $_ eq $path } @active_lls) {
+ warn "Tried to deactivate inactive local::lib '$path'\n";
+ return ();
+ }
+
+ my $perl_path = $class->install_base_perl_path($path);
+ my $arch_path = $class->install_base_arch_path($path);
+ my $bin_path = $class->install_base_bin_path($path);
+
+
+ my %env = (
+ PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => _env_list_value(
+ {
+ exists => 0,
+ },
+ grep { $_ ne $path } @active_lls
+ ),
+ PERL5LIB => _env_list_value(
+ {
+ exists => 0,
+ filter => sub {
+ $_ ne $perl_path && $_ ne $arch_path
+ },
+ },
+ \'PERL5LIB',
+ ),
+ PATH => _env_list_value(
+ {
+ exists => 0,
+ filter => sub { $_ ne $bin_path },
+ },
+ \'PATH',
+ ),
+ );
+
+ # If removing ourselves from the "top of the stack", set install paths to
+ # correspond with the new top of stack.
+ if ($active_lls[0] eq $path) {
+ my $new_top = $active_lls[1];
+ $env{PERL_MB_OPT} = defined($new_top) ? "--install_base "._mb_escape_path($new_top) : undef;
+ $env{PERL_MM_OPT} = defined($new_top) ? "INSTALL_BASE="._mm_escape_path($new_top) : undef;
+ }
+
+ return %env;
+}
+
+sub build_deact_all_environment_vars_for {
+ my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
+
+ my @active_lls = $class->active_paths;
+
+ my %perl_paths = map { (
+ $class->install_base_perl_path($_) => 1,
+ $class->install_base_arch_path($_) => 1
+ ) } @active_lls;
+ my %bin_paths = map { (
+ $class->install_base_bin_path($_) => 1,
+ ) } @active_lls;
+
+ my %env = (
+ PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => undef,
+ PERL_MM_OPT => undef,
+ PERL_MB_OPT => undef,
+ PERL5LIB => _env_list_value(
+ {
+ exists => 0,
+ filter => sub {
+ ! scalar grep { exists $perl_paths{$_} } $_[0]
+ },
+ },
+ \'PERL5LIB'
+ ),
+ PATH => _env_list_value(
+ {
+ exists => 0,
+ filter => sub {
+ ! scalar grep { exists $bin_paths{$_} } $_[0]
+ },
+ },
+ \'PATH'
+ ),
+ );
+
+ return %env;
+}
+
+=begin testing
+
+#:: test classmethod
File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
ok(-d 't/var/splat');
-ok(-f 't/var/splat/.modulebuildrc');
+=end testing
+
+=encoding utf8
=head1 NAME
use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
+ # Or...
+ use FindBin;
+ use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
+
From the shell -
+ # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
+ perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
+
+ # Just print out useful shell commands
$ perl -Mlocal::lib
- export MODULEBUILDRC=/home/username/perl/.modulebuildrc
- export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl'
- export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl/lib/perl5:/home/username/perl/lib/perl5/i386-linux'
- export PATH="/home/username/perl/bin:$PATH"
+ export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'
+ export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5'
+ export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5/i386-linux:/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5'
+ export PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH"
+
+=head2 The bootstrapping technique
+
+A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
+"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
+hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
+local::lib in your home directory.
+
+Even if you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
+environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
+install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
+will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
+
+By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
+
+Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
+
+1. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
+on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
+or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
+convenient location.
+
+2. Run this:
+
+ perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
+
+If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
+as possible, you would typically answer yes.
+
+In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
+to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
+
+ perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
+
+3. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
+
+ make test && make install
+
+4. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
+starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
+any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
+way:
+
+ echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
+
+If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
+
+ /bin/csh
+ echo $SHELL
+ /bin/csh
+ perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
+
+If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to give that as
+import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this way:
+
+ echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
+
+After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
+changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
+C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
+
+If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
+limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
+installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
+
+ perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
+
+To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
+same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
+applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
+installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
+
+ cd ~/mydir1
+ perl -Mlocal::lib=./
+ eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
+ printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
+ perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
+ cd ../mydir2
+ ... REPEAT ...
+
+If you are working with several C<local::lib> environments, you may want to
+remove some of them from the current environment without disturbing the others.
+You can deactivate one environment like this (using bourne sh):
+
+ eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=--deactivate,~/path)
+
+which will generate and run the commands needed to remove C<~/path> from your
+various search paths. Whichever environment was B<activated most recently> will
+remain the target for module installations. That is, if you activate
+C<~/path_A> and then you activate C<~/path_B>, new modules you install will go
+in C<~/path_B>. If you deactivate C<~/path_B> then modules will be installed
+into C<~/pathA> -- but if you deactivate C<~/path_A> then they will still be
+installed in C<~/pathB> because pathB was activated later.
+
+You can also ask C<local::lib> to clean itself completely out of the current
+shell's environment with the C<--deactivate-all> option.
+For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
+version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
+If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
+~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
+you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
+~/mydir1/lib >>.
+
+In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
+
+ use strict;
+ use warnings;
+ use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
+ use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
+
+Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
-To bootstrap if you don't have local::lib itself installed -
+=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
- $ perl -MCPAN -eshell # you only need to do this if you don't have a ~/.cpan
- cpan> exit
- <download local::lib tarball from CPAN, unpack and cd into dir>
- $ perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
- $ make test && make install
- $ echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
+To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
+C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
-You can also pass --boostrap=~/foo to get a different location (adjust the
-bashrc line appropriately)
+ C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
+ set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
+ set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
+ set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
+ set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
+
+ ### To set the environment for this shell alone
+ C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\tmp.bat
+ ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
+
+If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
+Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
+
+The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
+the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
+(Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
+directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
+and the subdirectories are created.
+
+=head1 RATIONALE
+
+The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
+need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
+need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
+this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
+are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
+around to packaging up the version you need.
+
+local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
+Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
+be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
+not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
+packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
+local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
+packages takes precedence over the system installation.
+
+If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
+worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
+of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
+installed by Debian.
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
+module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
+prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
+appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
+environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
+configuration file.
+
+More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
+directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
+easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
+collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
+applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
+
+On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
+values:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item PERL_MB_OPT
+
+=item PERL_MM_OPT
+
+=item PERL5LIB
+
+=item PATH
+
+PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
+
+=back
+
+These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
+
+=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
+
+See L<lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
+there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
+build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+Options are values that can be passed to the C<local::lib> import besides the
+directory to use. They are specified as C<use local::lib '--option'[, path];>
+or C<perl -Mlocal::lib=--option[,path]>.
+
+=head2 --deactivate
+
+Remove the chosen path (or the default path) from the module search paths if it
+was added by C<local::lib>, instead of adding it.
+
+=head2 --deactivate-all
+
+Remove all directories that were added to search paths by C<local::lib> from the
+search paths.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 ensure_dir_structure_for
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: None
+
+=back
+
+Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
+an exception on failure.
+
+=head2 print_environment_vars_for
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: None
+
+=back
+
+Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
+given path as the base directory.
+
+=head2 build_environment_vars_for
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path, $interpolate
+
+=item Return value: \%environment_vars
+
+=back
+
+Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the
+given path as the base directory.
+
+=head2 setup_env_hash_for
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: None
+
+=back
+
+Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
+L</build_environment_vars_for>.
+
+=head2 active_paths
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: None
+
+=item Return value: @paths
+
+=back
+
+Returns a list of active C<local::lib> paths, according to the
+C<PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT> environment variable and verified against
+what is really in C<@INC>.
+
+=head2 install_base_perl_path
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: $install_base_perl_path
+
+=back
+
+Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
+library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
+path.
+
+=head2 install_base_arch_path
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: $install_base_arch_path
+
+=back
+
+Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
+modules for this local library installation. Based on the
+L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
+C<$Config{archname}>.
+
+=head2 install_base_bin_path
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: $install_base_bin_path
+
+=back
+
+Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
+local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
+return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
+
+=head2 resolve_empty_path
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: $base_path
+
+=back
+
+Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
+installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
+
+=head2 resolve_home_path
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: $home_path
+
+=back
+
+Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
+for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
+
+=head2 resolve_relative_path
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: $absolute_path
+
+=back
+
+Translates the given path into an absolute path.
+
+=head2 resolve_path
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $path
+
+=item Return value: $absolute_path
+
+=back
+
+Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
+next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
+library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
+L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
+L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
+L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
+L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
+L</resolve_path>.
+
+=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
+
+Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
+The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
+before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
+version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
+with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
+module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
+install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
=head1 LIMITATIONS
-No support for non-bourne shells.
+=over 4
+
+=item * The perl toolchain is unable to handle directory names with spaces in it,
+so you can't put your local::lib bootstrap into a directory with spaces. What
+you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces B<after> you
+installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be aware that you
+can't update or install CPAN modules after the move.
-Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
+=item * Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
+assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
+to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
+not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
+
+=item * Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
have CPANPLUS installed.
-Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or MODULEBUILDRC.
+=item * Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT.
+
+=item * Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
-Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
+=back
Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
+=over 4
+
+=item * On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
+to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
+
+If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
+home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
+-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
+permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
+/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
+error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
+you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
+
+To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
+
+Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
+
+Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SHELL
+
+=item COMSPEC
+
+local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
+commands to add to the shell configuration file.
+
+On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * L<Perl Advent article, 2011|http://perladvent.org/2011/2011-12-01.html>
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SUPPORT
+
+IRC:
+
+ Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
+
=head1 AUTHOR
Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
+auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
+
+=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
+
+Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
+documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
+
+Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
+documentation and a L<german documentation|POD2::DE::local::lib> contributed by Torsten Raudssus
+<torsten@raudssus.de>.
+
+Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
+things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
+writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
+submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
+properly. Many, many thanks!
+
+pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
+section. Many thanks!
+
+Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
+
+Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
+by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
+
+Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
+'--self-contained' option.
+
+Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
+David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
+
+Brazilian L<portuguese translation|POD2::PT_BR::local::lib> and minor doc patches contributed by Breno
+G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>.
+
+Improvements to stacking multiple local::lib dirs and removing them from the
+environment later on contributed by Andrew Rodland <arodland@cpan.org>.
+
+Patch for Carp version mismatch contributed by Hakim Cassimally <osfameron@cpan.org>.
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
+listed above.
+
=head1 LICENSE
-This library is free software under the same license as perl itself
+This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
=cut