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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
730f5dda 14our $VERSION = '1.004007'; # 1.4.7
b9c94c15 15my @KNOWN_FLAGS = (qw/--self-contained/);
b5cc15f7 16
17sub import {
0fb70b9a 18 my ($class, @args) = @_;
b9c94c15 19 @args <= 1 + @KNOWN_FLAGS or die <<'DEATH';
20Please see `perldoc local::lib` for directions on using this module.
21DEATH
0fb70b9a 22
e4892f2b 23 # Remember what PERL5LIB was when we started
24 my $perl5lib = $ENV{PERL5LIB};
25
b9c94c15 26 my %arg_store;
27 for my $arg (@args) {
28 # check for lethal dash first to stop processing before causing problems
29 if ($arg =~ /−/) {
d4dbe584 30 die <<'DEATH';
31WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got some fancy dashes in your commandline!
32These are *not* the traditional -- dashes that software recognizes. You
33probably got these by copy-pasting from the perldoc for this module as
34rendered by a UTF8-capable formatter. This most typically happens on an OS X
35terminal, but can happen elsewhere too. Please try again after replacing the
36dashes with normal minus signs.
37DEATH
b9c94c15 38 }
39 elsif(grep { $arg eq $_ } @KNOWN_FLAGS) {
40 (my $flag = $arg) =~ s/--//;
41 $arg_store{$flag} = 1;
42 }
43 elsif($arg =~ /^--/) {
44 die "Unknown import argument: $arg";
45 }
46 else {
47 # assume that what's left is a path
48 $arg_store{path} = $arg;
49 }
d4dbe584 50 }
b9c94c15 51
52 if($arg_store{'self-contained'}) {
53 # The only directories that remain are those that we just defined and those
54 # where core modules are stored. We put PERL5LIB first, so it'll be favored
55 # over privlibexp and archlibexp
a9489cb0 56
57 @INC = _uniq(
b9c94c15 58 $class->install_base_perl_path($arg_store{path}),
59 $class->install_base_arch_path($arg_store{path}),
53699c99 60 split( $Config{path_sep}, $perl5lib ),
61 $Config::Config{privlibexp},
62 $Config::Config{archlibexp}
a9489cb0 63 );
64
69b80106 65 # We explicitly set PERL5LIB here to the above de-duped list to prevent
a9489cb0 66 # @INC from growing with each invocation
69b80106 67 $ENV{PERL5LIB} = join( $Config{path_sep}, @INC );
0fb70b9a 68 }
b9c94c15 69
70 $arg_store{path} = $class->resolve_path($arg_store{path});
71 $class->setup_local_lib_for($arg_store{path});
0fb70b9a 72
6e5079df 73 for (@INC) { # Untaint @INC
74 next if ref; # Skip entry if it is an ARRAY, CODE, blessed, etc.
75 m/(.*)/ and $_ = $1;
76 }
b5cc15f7 77}
78
5b94dce5 79sub pipeline;
b5cc15f7 80
5b94dce5 81sub pipeline {
b5cc15f7 82 my @methods = @_;
83 my $last = pop(@methods);
84 if (@methods) {
85 \sub {
86 my ($obj, @args) = @_;
5b94dce5 87 $obj->${pipeline @methods}(
b5cc15f7 88 $obj->$last(@args)
89 );
90 };
91 } else {
92 \sub {
93 shift->$last(@_);
94 };
95 }
96}
97
275c9dae 98=begin testing
99
100#:: test pipeline
b5cc15f7 101
102package local::lib;
103
104{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
105my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
4c375968 106Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
b5cc15f7 107
275c9dae 108=end testing
109
b5cc15f7 110=cut
111
a9489cb0 112sub _uniq {
113 my %seen;
114 grep { ! $seen{$_}++ } @_;
115}
116
b5cc15f7 117sub resolve_path {
118 my ($class, $path) = @_;
5b94dce5 119 $class->${pipeline qw(
b5cc15f7 120 resolve_relative_path
121 resolve_home_path
122 resolve_empty_path
123 )}($path);
124}
125
126sub resolve_empty_path {
127 my ($class, $path) = @_;
128 if (defined $path) {
129 $path;
130 } else {
131 '~/perl5';
132 }
133}
134
275c9dae 135=begin testing
136
137#:: test classmethod setup
b5cc15f7 138
139my $c = 'local::lib';
140
275c9dae 141=end testing
142
143=begin testing
b5cc15f7 144
275c9dae 145#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 146
147is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
148is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
149
275c9dae 150=end testing
151
b5cc15f7 152=cut
153
154sub resolve_home_path {
155 my ($class, $path) = @_;
156 return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
157 my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
158 my $tried_file_homedir;
159 my $homedir = do {
160 if (eval { require File::HomeDir } && $File::HomeDir::VERSION >= 0.65) {
161 $tried_file_homedir = 1;
162 if (defined $user) {
163 File::HomeDir->users_home($user);
164 } else {
dc8ddd06 165 File::HomeDir->my_home;
b5cc15f7 166 }
167 } else {
168 if (defined $user) {
169 (getpwnam $user)[7];
170 } else {
171 if (defined $ENV{HOME}) {
172 $ENV{HOME};
173 } else {
174 (getpwuid $<)[7];
175 }
176 }
177 }
178 };
179 unless (defined $homedir) {
180 Carp::croak(
181 "Couldn't resolve homedir for "
182 .(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
183 .($tried_file_homedir ? '' : ' - consider installing File::HomeDir')
184 );
185 }
186 $path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
187 $path;
188}
189
190sub resolve_relative_path {
191 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 192 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
b5cc15f7 193}
194
275c9dae 195=begin testing
196
197#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 198
199local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
200is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
201
275c9dae 202=end testing
203
b5cc15f7 204=cut
205
206sub setup_local_lib_for {
207 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 208 $path = $class->ensure_dir_structure_for($path);
b5cc15f7 209 if ($0 eq '-') {
210 $class->print_environment_vars_for($path);
211 exit 0;
212 } else {
213 $class->setup_env_hash_for($path);
a9489cb0 214 @INC = _uniq(split($Config{path_sep}, $ENV{PERL5LIB}), @INC);
b5cc15f7 215 }
216}
217
218sub modulebuildrc_path {
219 my ($class, $path) = @_;
220 File::Spec->catfile($path, '.modulebuildrc');
221}
222
223sub install_base_bin_path {
224 my ($class, $path) = @_;
225 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
226}
227
228sub install_base_perl_path {
229 my ($class, $path) = @_;
230 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'lib', 'perl5');
231}
232
233sub install_base_arch_path {
234 my ($class, $path) = @_;
235 File::Spec->catdir($class->install_base_perl_path($path), $Config{archname});
236}
237
238sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
239 my ($class, $path) = @_;
240 unless (-d $path) {
241 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
242 }
243 File::Path::mkpath($path);
53699c99 244 # Need to have the path exist to make a short name for it, so
245 # converting to a short name here.
246 $path = Win32::GetShortPathName($path) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
b5cc15f7 247 my $modulebuildrc_path = $class->modulebuildrc_path($path);
248 if (-e $modulebuildrc_path) {
249 unless (-f _) {
250 Carp::croak("${modulebuildrc_path} exists but is not a plain file");
251 }
252 } else {
253 warn "Attempting to create file ${modulebuildrc_path}\n";
254 open MODULEBUILDRC, '>', $modulebuildrc_path
255 || Carp::croak("Couldn't open ${modulebuildrc_path} for writing: $!");
18bb63e0 256 print MODULEBUILDRC qq{install --install_base ${path}\n}
b5cc15f7 257 || Carp::croak("Couldn't write line to ${modulebuildrc_path}: $!");
258 close MODULEBUILDRC
259 || Carp::croak("Couldn't close file ${modulebuildrc_path}: $@");
260 }
53699c99 261
262 return $path;
b5cc15f7 263}
264
c2447f35 265sub INTERPOLATE_ENV () { 1 }
266sub LITERAL_ENV () { 0 }
b5cc15f7 267
268sub print_environment_vars_for {
269 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 270 my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, LITERAL_ENV);
b5cc15f7 271 my $out = '';
1bc71e56 272
0353dbc0 273 # rather basic csh detection, goes on the assumption that something won't
274 # call itself csh unless it really is. also, default to bourne in the
275 # pathological situation where a user doesn't have $ENV{SHELL} defined.
276 # note also that shells with funny names, like zoid, are assumed to be
277 # bourne.
278 my $shellbin = 'sh';
279 if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
280 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
281 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
282 }
1bc71e56 283 my $shelltype = do {
284 local $_ = $shellbin;
b42496e0 285 if(/csh/) {
1bc71e56 286 'csh'
b42496e0 287 } else {
1bc71e56 288 'bourne'
289 }
290 };
291
f58534b1 292 # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
293 if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
53699c99 294 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
295 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
296 $shelltype = do {
297 local $_ = $shellbin;
298 if(/command\.com/) {
299 'win32'
300 } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
301 'win32'
302 } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
303 'win32'
304 } else {
305 $shelltype
306 }
307 };
308 }
309
b5cc15f7 310 while (@envs) {
311 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
312 $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g;
1bc71e56 313 $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
b5cc15f7 314 }
315 print $out;
316}
317
1bc71e56 318# simple routines that take two arguments: an %ENV key and a value. return
319# strings that are suitable for passing directly to the relevant shell to set
320# said key to said value.
321sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
322 my $class = shift;
323 my($name, $value) = @_;
324 return qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n};
325}
326
327sub build_csh_env_declaration {
328 my $class = shift;
329 my($name, $value) = @_;
330 return qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n};
331}
332
53699c99 333sub build_win32_env_declaration {
334 my $class = shift;
335 my($name, $value) = @_;
336 return qq{set ${name}=${value}\n};
337}
338
b5cc15f7 339sub setup_env_hash_for {
340 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 341 my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, INTERPOLATE_ENV);
b5cc15f7 342 @ENV{keys %envs} = values %envs;
343}
344
345sub build_environment_vars_for {
346 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
347 return (
348 MODULEBUILDRC => $class->modulebuildrc_path($path),
349 PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=${path}",
53699c99 350 PERL5LIB => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 351 $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
352 $class->install_base_arch_path($path),
c2447f35 353 ($ENV{PERL5LIB} ?
354 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
355 ? ($ENV{PERL5LIB})
53699c99 356 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PERL5LIB' : '%PERL5LIB%' ))
c2447f35 357 : ())
b5cc15f7 358 ),
53699c99 359 PATH => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 360 $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
c2447f35 361 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
b5cc15f7 362 ? $ENV{PATH}
53699c99 363 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PATH' : '%PATH%' ))
b5cc15f7 364 ),
365 )
366}
367
275c9dae 368=begin testing
369
370#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 371
372File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
373
4c375968 374$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
b5cc15f7 375
376ok(-d 't/var/splat');
377
378ok(-f 't/var/splat/.modulebuildrc');
379
275c9dae 380=end testing
381
b5cc15f7 382=head1 NAME
383
384local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
385
386=head1 SYNOPSIS
387
388In code -
389
390 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
391
392 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
393
1bc71e56 394 # Or...
395 use FindBin;
396 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
397
b5cc15f7 398From the shell -
399
0fb70b9a 400 # Install LWP and it's missing dependencies to the 'my_lwp' directory
401 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib=my_lwp -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
402
403 # Install LWP and *all non-core* dependencies to the 'my_lwp' directory
404 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib=--self-contained,my_lwp -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
405
406 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 407 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
408 export MODULEBUILDRC=/home/username/perl/.modulebuildrc
409 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl'
410 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl/lib/perl5:/home/username/perl/lib/perl5/i386-linux'
411 export PATH="/home/username/perl/bin:$PATH"
412
322b0a0d 413=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 414
730f5dda 415A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
416"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
417hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
418local::lib in your home directory.
715c31a0 419
730f5dda 4201. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
421on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
422or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
423convenient location.
715c31a0 424
730f5dda 4252. Run this:
715c31a0 426
730f5dda 427 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 428
730f5dda 429If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
430as possible, you would typically answer yes.
431
4323. Run this:
433
434 make test && make install
435
4364. Arrange for Perl to use your own packages instead of the system
437packages. If you are using bash, you can do this as follows:
438
439 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
440
441If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
442
443 /bin/csh
444 echo $SHELL
618272fe 445 /bin/csh
730f5dda 446 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 447
53699c99 448You can also pass --bootstrap=~/foo to get a different location -
8b1e8e69 449
730f5dda 450 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
451 make test && make install
8b1e8e69 452
730f5dda 453 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 454
b9c94c15 455If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
456limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
457installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
458
730f5dda 459 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 460
977a9ca3 461If you want to install multiple Perl module environments, say for application evelopment,
462install local::lib globally and then:
463
730f5dda 464 cd ~/mydir1
465 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
466 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
467 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
468 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
469 cd ../mydir2
470 ... REPEAT ...
471
472For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
473version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
474If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
475~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
476you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
477~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 478
479In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
480
730f5dda 481 use strict;
482 use warnings;
483 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
484 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 485
486Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
487
53699c99 488=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
489
730f5dda 490 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
491 set MODULEBUILDRC=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\.modulebuildrc
492 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
493 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
494 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
495
496 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
497 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
498 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 499
500If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
501Control Panel's System applet yourself at the moment.
502
503The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
504the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
505(Windows Vista or later) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
506directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
507and the subdirectories are created.
508
730f5dda 509=head1 RATIONALE
510
511The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
512need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
513need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
514this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
515are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
516around to packaging up the version you need.
517
518local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
519Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
520be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
521not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
522packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
523local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
524packages takes precedence over the system installation.
525
526If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
527worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
528of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
529installed by Debian.
530
618272fe 531=head1 DESCRIPTION
532
533This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
534module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
535prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
536appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 537environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
538configuration file.
539
540More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
541directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
542easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
543collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
544applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 545
546On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
547values:
548
549=over 4
550
551=item MODULEBUILDRC
552
553=item PERL_MM_OPT
554
555=item PERL5LIB
556
557=item PATH
558
559PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
560
561=back
562
563These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
564
480e6e85 565=head1 METHODS
566
567=head2 ensure_directory_structure_for
568
569=over 4
570
571=item Arguments: path
572
573=back
574
575Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
576an exception on failure.
577
578=head2 print_environment_vars_for
579
580=over 4
581
582=item Arguments: path
583
584=back
585
586Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
587given path as the base directory.
588
589=head2 setup_env_hash_for
590
591=over 4
592
593=item Arguments: path
594
595=back
596
597Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
598C<build_environment_vars_for>.
599
600=head2 install_base_perl_path
601
602=over 4
603
604=item Arguments: path
605
606=back
607
608Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
609library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
610path.
611
612=head2 install_base_arch_path
613
614=over 4
615
616=item Arguments: path
617
618=back
619
620Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
621modules for this local library installation. Based on the
622L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
623C<$Config{archname}>.
624
625=head2 install_base_bin_path
626
627=over 4
628
629=item Arguments: path
630
631=back
632
633Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
634local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
635return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
636
637=head2 modulebuildrc_path
638
639=over 4
640
641=item Arguments: path
642
643=back
644
645Returns a path describing where to install the C<.modulebuildrc> file, based on
646the given path.
647
648=head2 resolve_empty_path
649
650=over 4
651
652=item Arguments: path
653
654=back
655
656Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
657installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
658
659=head2 resolve_home_path
660
661=over 4
662
663=item Arguments: path
664
665=back
666
667Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
668for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
669
670=head2 resolve_relative_path
671
672=over 4
673
674=item Arguments: path
675
676=back
677
678Translates the given path into an absolute path.
679
680=head2 resolve_path
681
682=over 4
683
684=item Arguments: path
685
686=back
687
688Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
689next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
690library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
691L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
692L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
693L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
694L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
695L</resolve_path>.
696
0fb70b9a 697=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
698
699Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
700The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
701before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
702version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
703with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 704module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 705install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
706
dc8ddd06 707=head1 LIMITATIONS
708
618272fe 709Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
710assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 711to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
712not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 713
714Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
715have CPANPLUS installed.
716
717Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or MODULEBUILDRC.
718
e423efce 719Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
720
dc8ddd06 721Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 722
53699c99 723On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
724to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
725
9a021b2b 726=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
727
728If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
729home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
730-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
731permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
732/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
733error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
734you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
735
736To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
737
738Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
739
740Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
741
618272fe 742=head1 ENVIRONMENT
743
744=over 4
745
746=item SHELL
747
53699c99 748=item COMSPEC
749
618272fe 750local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
751commands to add to the shell configuration file.
752
53699c99 753On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
754
618272fe 755=back
756
b5cc15f7 757=head1 AUTHOR
758
759Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
760
d6b71a2d 761auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
762
b5c1154d 763=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
764
765Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
766documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
767
0fb70b9a 768'--self-contained' feature contributed by Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>.
769
b9c94c15 770Ability to pass '--self-contained' without a directory inspired by frew on
771irc.perl.org/#catalyst.
772
c4dbb66c 773Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 774<torsten@raudssus.de>.
775
be160790 776Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 777things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
778writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
779submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
780properly. Many, many thanks!
781
782pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
783section. Many thanks!
be160790 784
53699c99 785Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
786
b5cc15f7 787=head1 LICENSE
788
53699c99 789This library is free software under the same license as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 790
791=cut
792
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