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b5cc15f7 1use strict;
2use warnings;
3
4package local::lib;
5
c1441fb6 6use 5.008001; # probably works with earlier versions but I'm not supporting them
7 # (patches would, of course, be welcome)
b5cc15f7 8
9use File::Spec ();
10use File::Path ();
11use Carp ();
12use Config;
13
aac84626 14our $VERSION = '1.005001'; # 1.5.1
1f8043c8 15
16our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained);
b5cc15f7 17
18sub import {
0fb70b9a 19 my ($class, @args) = @_;
20
e4892f2b 21 # Remember what PERL5LIB was when we started
ea0824e7 22 my $perl5lib = $ENV{PERL5LIB} || '';
e4892f2b 23
b9c94c15 24 my %arg_store;
25 for my $arg (@args) {
26 # check for lethal dash first to stop processing before causing problems
27 if ($arg =~ /−/) {
d4dbe584 28 die <<'DEATH';
29WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got some fancy dashes in your commandline!
30These are *not* the traditional -- dashes that software recognizes. You
31probably got these by copy-pasting from the perldoc for this module as
32rendered by a UTF8-capable formatter. This most typically happens on an OS X
33terminal, but can happen elsewhere too. Please try again after replacing the
34dashes with normal minus signs.
35DEATH
b9c94c15 36 }
37 elsif(grep { $arg eq $_ } @KNOWN_FLAGS) {
38 (my $flag = $arg) =~ s/--//;
39 $arg_store{$flag} = 1;
40 }
41 elsif($arg =~ /^--/) {
42 die "Unknown import argument: $arg";
43 }
44 else {
45 # assume that what's left is a path
46 $arg_store{path} = $arg;
47 }
d4dbe584 48 }
b9c94c15 49
b10fc4d4 50 if($arg_store{'self-contained'}) {
1f8043c8 51 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";
0fb70b9a 52 }
b9c94c15 53
54 $arg_store{path} = $class->resolve_path($arg_store{path});
55 $class->setup_local_lib_for($arg_store{path});
0fb70b9a 56
6e5079df 57 for (@INC) { # Untaint @INC
58 next if ref; # Skip entry if it is an ARRAY, CODE, blessed, etc.
59 m/(.*)/ and $_ = $1;
60 }
b5cc15f7 61}
62
5b94dce5 63sub pipeline;
b5cc15f7 64
5b94dce5 65sub pipeline {
b5cc15f7 66 my @methods = @_;
67 my $last = pop(@methods);
68 if (@methods) {
69 \sub {
70 my ($obj, @args) = @_;
5b94dce5 71 $obj->${pipeline @methods}(
b5cc15f7 72 $obj->$last(@args)
73 );
74 };
75 } else {
76 \sub {
77 shift->$last(@_);
78 };
79 }
80}
81
275c9dae 82=begin testing
83
84#:: test pipeline
b5cc15f7 85
86package local::lib;
87
88{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
89my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
4c375968 90Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
b5cc15f7 91
275c9dae 92=end testing
93
b5cc15f7 94=cut
95
a9489cb0 96sub _uniq {
97 my %seen;
98 grep { ! $seen{$_}++ } @_;
99}
100
b5cc15f7 101sub resolve_path {
102 my ($class, $path) = @_;
5b94dce5 103 $class->${pipeline qw(
b5cc15f7 104 resolve_relative_path
105 resolve_home_path
106 resolve_empty_path
107 )}($path);
108}
109
110sub resolve_empty_path {
111 my ($class, $path) = @_;
112 if (defined $path) {
113 $path;
114 } else {
115 '~/perl5';
116 }
117}
118
275c9dae 119=begin testing
120
121#:: test classmethod setup
b5cc15f7 122
123my $c = 'local::lib';
124
275c9dae 125=end testing
126
127=begin testing
b5cc15f7 128
275c9dae 129#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 130
131is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
132is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
133
275c9dae 134=end testing
135
b5cc15f7 136=cut
137
138sub resolve_home_path {
139 my ($class, $path) = @_;
140 return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
141 my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
142 my $tried_file_homedir;
143 my $homedir = do {
8c6c886f 144 if (eval { require File::HomeDir } && $File::HomeDir::VERSION >= 0.65) {
b5cc15f7 145 $tried_file_homedir = 1;
146 if (defined $user) {
147 File::HomeDir->users_home($user);
148 } else {
dc8ddd06 149 File::HomeDir->my_home;
b5cc15f7 150 }
151 } else {
152 if (defined $user) {
153 (getpwnam $user)[7];
154 } else {
155 if (defined $ENV{HOME}) {
156 $ENV{HOME};
157 } else {
158 (getpwuid $<)[7];
159 }
160 }
161 }
162 };
163 unless (defined $homedir) {
164 Carp::croak(
165 "Couldn't resolve homedir for "
166 .(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
167 .($tried_file_homedir ? '' : ' - consider installing File::HomeDir')
168 );
169 }
170 $path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
171 $path;
172}
173
174sub resolve_relative_path {
175 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 176 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
b5cc15f7 177}
178
275c9dae 179=begin testing
180
181#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 182
183local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
184is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
185
275c9dae 186=end testing
187
b5cc15f7 188=cut
189
190sub setup_local_lib_for {
191 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 192 $path = $class->ensure_dir_structure_for($path);
b5cc15f7 193 if ($0 eq '-') {
194 $class->print_environment_vars_for($path);
195 exit 0;
196 } else {
197 $class->setup_env_hash_for($path);
a9489cb0 198 @INC = _uniq(split($Config{path_sep}, $ENV{PERL5LIB}), @INC);
b5cc15f7 199 }
200}
201
202sub modulebuildrc_path {
203 my ($class, $path) = @_;
204 File::Spec->catfile($path, '.modulebuildrc');
205}
206
207sub install_base_bin_path {
208 my ($class, $path) = @_;
209 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
210}
211
212sub install_base_perl_path {
213 my ($class, $path) = @_;
214 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'lib', 'perl5');
215}
216
217sub install_base_arch_path {
218 my ($class, $path) = @_;
219 File::Spec->catdir($class->install_base_perl_path($path), $Config{archname});
220}
221
222sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
223 my ($class, $path) = @_;
224 unless (-d $path) {
225 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
226 }
227 File::Path::mkpath($path);
53699c99 228 # Need to have the path exist to make a short name for it, so
229 # converting to a short name here.
230 $path = Win32::GetShortPathName($path) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
b5cc15f7 231 my $modulebuildrc_path = $class->modulebuildrc_path($path);
232 if (-e $modulebuildrc_path) {
233 unless (-f _) {
234 Carp::croak("${modulebuildrc_path} exists but is not a plain file");
235 }
236 } else {
237 warn "Attempting to create file ${modulebuildrc_path}\n";
238 open MODULEBUILDRC, '>', $modulebuildrc_path
239 || Carp::croak("Couldn't open ${modulebuildrc_path} for writing: $!");
18bb63e0 240 print MODULEBUILDRC qq{install --install_base ${path}\n}
b5cc15f7 241 || Carp::croak("Couldn't write line to ${modulebuildrc_path}: $!");
242 close MODULEBUILDRC
243 || Carp::croak("Couldn't close file ${modulebuildrc_path}: $@");
244 }
53699c99 245
246 return $path;
b5cc15f7 247}
248
c2447f35 249sub INTERPOLATE_ENV () { 1 }
250sub LITERAL_ENV () { 0 }
b5cc15f7 251
252sub print_environment_vars_for {
253 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 254 my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, LITERAL_ENV);
b5cc15f7 255 my $out = '';
1bc71e56 256
0353dbc0 257 # rather basic csh detection, goes on the assumption that something won't
258 # call itself csh unless it really is. also, default to bourne in the
259 # pathological situation where a user doesn't have $ENV{SHELL} defined.
260 # note also that shells with funny names, like zoid, are assumed to be
261 # bourne.
262 my $shellbin = 'sh';
263 if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
264 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
265 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
266 }
1bc71e56 267 my $shelltype = do {
268 local $_ = $shellbin;
b42496e0 269 if(/csh/) {
1bc71e56 270 'csh'
b42496e0 271 } else {
1bc71e56 272 'bourne'
273 }
274 };
275
f58534b1 276 # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
277 if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
53699c99 278 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
279 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
280 $shelltype = do {
281 local $_ = $shellbin;
282 if(/command\.com/) {
283 'win32'
284 } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
285 'win32'
286 } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
287 'win32'
288 } else {
289 $shelltype
290 }
291 };
292 }
293
b5cc15f7 294 while (@envs) {
295 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
296 $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g;
1bc71e56 297 $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
b5cc15f7 298 }
299 print $out;
300}
301
1bc71e56 302# simple routines that take two arguments: an %ENV key and a value. return
303# strings that are suitable for passing directly to the relevant shell to set
304# said key to said value.
305sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
306 my $class = shift;
307 my($name, $value) = @_;
308 return qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n};
309}
310
311sub build_csh_env_declaration {
312 my $class = shift;
313 my($name, $value) = @_;
314 return qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n};
315}
316
53699c99 317sub build_win32_env_declaration {
318 my $class = shift;
319 my($name, $value) = @_;
320 return qq{set ${name}=${value}\n};
321}
322
b5cc15f7 323sub setup_env_hash_for {
324 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 325 my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, INTERPOLATE_ENV);
b5cc15f7 326 @ENV{keys %envs} = values %envs;
327}
328
329sub build_environment_vars_for {
330 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
331 return (
332 MODULEBUILDRC => $class->modulebuildrc_path($path),
333 PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=${path}",
53699c99 334 PERL5LIB => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 335 $class->install_base_arch_path($path),
1b2a57eb 336 $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
03b91976 337 (($ENV{PERL5LIB}||()) ?
c2447f35 338 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
339 ? ($ENV{PERL5LIB})
53699c99 340 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PERL5LIB' : '%PERL5LIB%' ))
c2447f35 341 : ())
b5cc15f7 342 ),
53699c99 343 PATH => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 344 $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
c2447f35 345 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
03b91976 346 ? ($ENV{PATH}||())
53699c99 347 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PATH' : '%PATH%' ))
b5cc15f7 348 ),
349 )
350}
351
275c9dae 352=begin testing
353
354#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 355
356File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
357
4c375968 358$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
b5cc15f7 359
360ok(-d 't/var/splat');
361
362ok(-f 't/var/splat/.modulebuildrc');
363
275c9dae 364=end testing
365
b5cc15f7 366=head1 NAME
367
368local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
369
370=head1 SYNOPSIS
371
372In code -
373
374 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
375
376 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
377
1bc71e56 378 # Or...
379 use FindBin;
380 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
381
b5cc15f7 382From the shell -
383
359329d3 384 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
385 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 386
0fb70b9a 387 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 388 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
389 export MODULEBUILDRC=/home/username/perl/.modulebuildrc
390 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl'
391 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl/lib/perl5:/home/username/perl/lib/perl5/i386-linux'
392 export PATH="/home/username/perl/bin:$PATH"
393
322b0a0d 394=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 395
730f5dda 396A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
397"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
398hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
399local::lib in your home directory.
715c31a0 400
730f5dda 4011. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
402on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
403or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
404convenient location.
715c31a0 405
730f5dda 4062. Run this:
715c31a0 407
730f5dda 408 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 409
730f5dda 410If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
411as possible, you would typically answer yes.
412
4133. Run this:
414
415 make test && make install
416
4174. Arrange for Perl to use your own packages instead of the system
418packages. If you are using bash, you can do this as follows:
419
420 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
421
422If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
423
424 /bin/csh
425 echo $SHELL
618272fe 426 /bin/csh
730f5dda 427 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 428
53699c99 429You can also pass --bootstrap=~/foo to get a different location -
8b1e8e69 430
730f5dda 431 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
432 make test && make install
8b1e8e69 433
730f5dda 434 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 435
aab64481 436After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
437changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use C<.
438~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>. Replace .bashrc or
439.cshrc with the name of the file you wrote above with the echo command.
440
b9c94c15 441If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
442limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
443installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
444
730f5dda 445 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 446
e12c8663 447If you want to install multiple Perl module environments, say for application development,
977a9ca3 448install local::lib globally and then:
449
730f5dda 450 cd ~/mydir1
451 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
452 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
453 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
454 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
455 cd ../mydir2
456 ... REPEAT ...
457
458For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
459version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
460If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
461~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
462you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
463~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 464
465In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
466
730f5dda 467 use strict;
468 use warnings;
469 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
470 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 471
472Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
473
53699c99 474=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
475
730f5dda 476 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
477 set MODULEBUILDRC=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\.modulebuildrc
478 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
479 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
480 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
481
482 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
483 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
484 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 485
486If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
487Control Panel's System applet yourself at the moment.
488
489The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
490the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
491(Windows Vista or later) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
492directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
493and the subdirectories are created.
494
730f5dda 495=head1 RATIONALE
496
497The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
498need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
499need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
500this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
501are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
502around to packaging up the version you need.
503
504local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
505Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
506be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
507not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
508packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
509local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
510packages takes precedence over the system installation.
511
512If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
513worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
514of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
515installed by Debian.
516
618272fe 517=head1 DESCRIPTION
518
519This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
520module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
521prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
522appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 523environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
524configuration file.
525
526More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
527directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
528easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
529collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
530applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 531
532On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
533values:
534
535=over 4
536
537=item MODULEBUILDRC
538
539=item PERL_MM_OPT
540
541=item PERL5LIB
542
543=item PATH
544
545PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
546
547=back
548
549These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
550
b0c48f8e 551=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
552
d8b1a404 553See L<lib::core::only|lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
554there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
555build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 556
480e6e85 557=head1 METHODS
558
559=head2 ensure_directory_structure_for
560
561=over 4
562
563=item Arguments: path
564
565=back
566
567Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
568an exception on failure.
569
570=head2 print_environment_vars_for
571
572=over 4
573
574=item Arguments: path
575
576=back
577
578Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
579given path as the base directory.
580
581=head2 setup_env_hash_for
582
583=over 4
584
585=item Arguments: path
586
587=back
588
589Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
590C<build_environment_vars_for>.
591
592=head2 install_base_perl_path
593
594=over 4
595
596=item Arguments: path
597
598=back
599
600Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
601library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
602path.
603
604=head2 install_base_arch_path
605
606=over 4
607
608=item Arguments: path
609
610=back
611
612Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
613modules for this local library installation. Based on the
614L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
615C<$Config{archname}>.
616
617=head2 install_base_bin_path
618
619=over 4
620
621=item Arguments: path
622
623=back
624
625Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
626local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
627return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
628
629=head2 modulebuildrc_path
630
631=over 4
632
633=item Arguments: path
634
635=back
636
637Returns a path describing where to install the C<.modulebuildrc> file, based on
638the given path.
639
640=head2 resolve_empty_path
641
642=over 4
643
644=item Arguments: path
645
646=back
647
648Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
649installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
650
651=head2 resolve_home_path
652
653=over 4
654
655=item Arguments: path
656
657=back
658
659Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
660for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
661
662=head2 resolve_relative_path
663
664=over 4
665
666=item Arguments: path
667
668=back
669
670Translates the given path into an absolute path.
671
672=head2 resolve_path
673
674=over 4
675
676=item Arguments: path
677
678=back
679
680Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
681next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
682library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
683L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
684L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
685L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
686L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
687L</resolve_path>.
688
0fb70b9a 689=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
690
691Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
692The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
693before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
694version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
695with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 696module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 697install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
698
dc8ddd06 699=head1 LIMITATIONS
700
618272fe 701Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
702assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 703to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
704not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 705
706Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
707have CPANPLUS installed.
708
709Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or MODULEBUILDRC.
710
e423efce 711Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
712
dc8ddd06 713Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 714
53699c99 715On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
716to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
717
9a021b2b 718=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
719
720If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
721home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
722-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
723permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
724/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
725error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
726you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
727
728To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
729
730Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
731
732Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
733
618272fe 734=head1 ENVIRONMENT
735
736=over 4
737
738=item SHELL
739
53699c99 740=item COMSPEC
741
618272fe 742local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
743commands to add to the shell configuration file.
744
53699c99 745On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
746
618272fe 747=back
748
b5cc15f7 749=head1 AUTHOR
750
751Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
752
d6b71a2d 753auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
754
b5c1154d 755=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
756
757Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
758documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
759
c4dbb66c 760Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 761<torsten@raudssus.de>.
762
be160790 763Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 764things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
765writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
766submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
767properly. Many, many thanks!
768
769pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
770section. Many thanks!
be160790 771
53699c99 772Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
773
03b91976 774Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
775by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
776
1f8043c8 777Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
778'--self-contained' option.
779
7c0db165 780=head1 COPYRIGHT
781
782Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
783listed above.
784
b5cc15f7 785=head1 LICENSE
786
7c0db165 787This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
788as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 789
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