my ($class, $path) = @_;
my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, LITERAL_PATH);
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 $ENV{SHELL} defined.
my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
$shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
}
+ my $shelltype = do {
+ local $_ = $shellbin;
+ if(/csh/)
+ {
+ 'csh'
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ 'bourne'
+ }
+ };
+
while (@envs) {
my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
$value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g;
-
- if($shellbin =~ /csh/) {
- $out .= qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n};
- }
- else {
- $out .= qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n};
- }
+ $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
}
print $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 qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n};
+}
+
+sub build_csh_env_declaration {
+ my $class = shift;
+ my($name, $value) = @_;
+ return qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n};
+}
+
sub setup_env_hash_for {
my ($class, $path) = @_;
my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, INTERPOLATE_PATH);
use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
+ # Or...
+ use FindBin;
+ use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
+
From the shell -
$ perl -Mlocal::lib
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 MODULEBUILDRC
+
+=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 LIMITATIONS
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.
+to be Bourne. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is not set, a
+Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
have CPANPLUS installed.