delete broken --self-contained flag from core
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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 $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
336 $class->install_base_arch_path($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
387 # Install LWP and *all non-core* dependencies to the 'my_lwp' directory
388 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib=--self-contained,my_lwp -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
389
390 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 391 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
392 export MODULEBUILDRC=/home/username/perl/.modulebuildrc
393 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl'
394 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl/lib/perl5:/home/username/perl/lib/perl5/i386-linux'
395 export PATH="/home/username/perl/bin:$PATH"
396
322b0a0d 397=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 398
730f5dda 399A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
400"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
401hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
402local::lib in your home directory.
715c31a0 403
730f5dda 4041. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
405on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
406or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
407convenient location.
715c31a0 408
730f5dda 4092. Run this:
715c31a0 410
730f5dda 411 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 412
730f5dda 413If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
414as possible, you would typically answer yes.
415
4163. Run this:
417
418 make test && make install
419
4204. Arrange for Perl to use your own packages instead of the system
421packages. If you are using bash, you can do this as follows:
422
423 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
424
425If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
426
427 /bin/csh
428 echo $SHELL
618272fe 429 /bin/csh
730f5dda 430 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 431
53699c99 432You can also pass --bootstrap=~/foo to get a different location -
8b1e8e69 433
730f5dda 434 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
435 make test && make install
8b1e8e69 436
730f5dda 437 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 438
aab64481 439After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
440changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use C<.
441~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>. Replace .bashrc or
442.cshrc with the name of the file you wrote above with the echo command.
443
b9c94c15 444If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
445limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
446installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
447
730f5dda 448 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 449
e12c8663 450If you want to install multiple Perl module environments, say for application development,
977a9ca3 451install local::lib globally and then:
452
730f5dda 453 cd ~/mydir1
454 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
455 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
456 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
457 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
458 cd ../mydir2
459 ... REPEAT ...
460
461For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
462version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
463If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
464~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
465you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
466~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 467
468In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
469
730f5dda 470 use strict;
471 use warnings;
472 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
473 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 474
475Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
476
53699c99 477=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
478
730f5dda 479 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
480 set MODULEBUILDRC=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\.modulebuildrc
481 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
482 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
483 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
484
485 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
486 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
487 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 488
489If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
490Control Panel's System applet yourself at the moment.
491
492The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
493the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
494(Windows Vista or later) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
495directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
496and the subdirectories are created.
497
730f5dda 498=head1 RATIONALE
499
500The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
501need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
502need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
503this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
504are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
505around to packaging up the version you need.
506
507local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
508Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
509be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
510not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
511packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
512local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
513packages takes precedence over the system installation.
514
515If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
516worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
517of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
518installed by Debian.
519
618272fe 520=head1 DESCRIPTION
521
522This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
523module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
524prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
525appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 526environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
527configuration file.
528
529More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
530directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
531easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
532collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
533applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 534
535On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
536values:
537
538=over 4
539
540=item MODULEBUILDRC
541
542=item PERL_MM_OPT
543
544=item PERL5LIB
545
546=item PATH
547
548PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
549
550=back
551
552These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
553
b0c48f8e 554=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
555
556You can use local::lib to prepare a directory which contains a module and all
557of its non-core dependencies. The C<--self-contained> option ignores any
558globally installed modules when resolving dependencies, only considering
559modules installed in a "local::lib" directory or provided by core Perl.
560
561A use-case for this feature would be to prepare to deploy a whole "stack" of
562module dependencies on a new machine, even if you have copies of the same
563dependencies installed globally already.
564
565The C<--self-contained> option should be used like this:
566
567 # Install LWP and *all non-core* dependencies to the 'my_lwp' directory
568 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib=--self-contained,my_lwp -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
569
570Note that some dependencies may involve C-based "XS" code even if your target
571module doesn't. The issue of dealing with XS vs Pure Perl code is beyond the scope
572of what local::lib provides.
573
480e6e85 574=head1 METHODS
575
576=head2 ensure_directory_structure_for
577
578=over 4
579
580=item Arguments: path
581
582=back
583
584Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
585an exception on failure.
586
587=head2 print_environment_vars_for
588
589=over 4
590
591=item Arguments: path
592
593=back
594
595Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
596given path as the base directory.
597
598=head2 setup_env_hash_for
599
600=over 4
601
602=item Arguments: path
603
604=back
605
606Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
607C<build_environment_vars_for>.
608
609=head2 install_base_perl_path
610
611=over 4
612
613=item Arguments: path
614
615=back
616
617Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
618library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
619path.
620
621=head2 install_base_arch_path
622
623=over 4
624
625=item Arguments: path
626
627=back
628
629Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
630modules for this local library installation. Based on the
631L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
632C<$Config{archname}>.
633
634=head2 install_base_bin_path
635
636=over 4
637
638=item Arguments: path
639
640=back
641
642Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
643local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
644return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
645
646=head2 modulebuildrc_path
647
648=over 4
649
650=item Arguments: path
651
652=back
653
654Returns a path describing where to install the C<.modulebuildrc> file, based on
655the given path.
656
657=head2 resolve_empty_path
658
659=over 4
660
661=item Arguments: path
662
663=back
664
665Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
666installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
667
668=head2 resolve_home_path
669
670=over 4
671
672=item Arguments: path
673
674=back
675
676Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
677for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
678
679=head2 resolve_relative_path
680
681=over 4
682
683=item Arguments: path
684
685=back
686
687Translates the given path into an absolute path.
688
689=head2 resolve_path
690
691=over 4
692
693=item Arguments: path
694
695=back
696
697Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
698next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
699library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
700L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
701L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
702L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
703L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
704L</resolve_path>.
705
0fb70b9a 706=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
707
708Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
709The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
710before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
711version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
712with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 713module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 714install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
715
dc8ddd06 716=head1 LIMITATIONS
717
618272fe 718Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
719assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 720to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
721not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 722
723Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
724have CPANPLUS installed.
725
726Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or MODULEBUILDRC.
727
e423efce 728Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
729
dc8ddd06 730Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 731
53699c99 732On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
733to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
734
9a021b2b 735=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
736
737If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
738home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
739-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
740permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
741/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
742error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
743you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
744
745To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
746
747Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
748
749Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
750
618272fe 751=head1 ENVIRONMENT
752
753=over 4
754
755=item SHELL
756
53699c99 757=item COMSPEC
758
618272fe 759local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
760commands to add to the shell configuration file.
761
53699c99 762On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
763
618272fe 764=back
765
b5cc15f7 766=head1 AUTHOR
767
768Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
769
d6b71a2d 770auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
771
b5c1154d 772=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
773
774Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
775documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
776
c4dbb66c 777Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 778<torsten@raudssus.de>.
779
be160790 780Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 781things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
782writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
783submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
784properly. Many, many thanks!
785
786pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
787section. Many thanks!
be160790 788
53699c99 789Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
790
03b91976 791Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
792by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
793
1f8043c8 794Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
795'--self-contained' option.
796
7c0db165 797=head1 COPYRIGHT
798
799Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
800listed above.
801
b5cc15f7 802=head1 LICENSE
803
7c0db165 804This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
805as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 806
807=cut
808
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