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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
f1745271 14our $VERSION = '1.007000'; # 1.7.0
1f8043c8 15
16our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained);
b5cc15f7 17
18sub import {
0fb70b9a 19 my ($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}, $ENV{PERL5LIB}), @INC);
b5cc15f7 199 }
200}
201
b5cc15f7 202sub install_base_bin_path {
203 my ($class, $path) = @_;
204 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
205}
206
207sub install_base_perl_path {
208 my ($class, $path) = @_;
209 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'lib', 'perl5');
210}
211
212sub install_base_arch_path {
213 my ($class, $path) = @_;
214 File::Spec->catdir($class->install_base_perl_path($path), $Config{archname});
215}
216
217sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
218 my ($class, $path) = @_;
219 unless (-d $path) {
220 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
221 }
222 File::Path::mkpath($path);
53699c99 223 # Need to have the path exist to make a short name for it, so
224 # converting to a short name here.
225 $path = Win32::GetShortPathName($path) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
53699c99 226
227 return $path;
b5cc15f7 228}
229
c2447f35 230sub INTERPOLATE_ENV () { 1 }
231sub LITERAL_ENV () { 0 }
b5cc15f7 232
c4e3c83b 233sub guess_shelltype {
0353dbc0 234 my $shellbin = 'sh';
235 if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
236 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
237 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
238 }
1bc71e56 239 my $shelltype = do {
240 local $_ = $shellbin;
b42496e0 241 if(/csh/) {
1bc71e56 242 'csh'
b42496e0 243 } else {
1bc71e56 244 'bourne'
245 }
246 };
247
f58534b1 248 # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
249 if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
53699c99 250 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
251 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
252 $shelltype = do {
253 local $_ = $shellbin;
254 if(/command\.com/) {
255 'win32'
256 } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
257 'win32'
258 } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
259 'win32'
260 } else {
261 $shelltype
262 }
263 };
264 }
c4e3c83b 265 return $shelltype;
266}
267
268sub print_environment_vars_for {
269 my ($class, $path) = @_;
270 my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, LITERAL_ENV);
271 my $out = '';
272
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
279 my $shelltype = $class->guess_shelltype;
53699c99 280
b5cc15f7 281 while (@envs) {
282 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
283 $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g;
1bc71e56 284 $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
b5cc15f7 285 }
286 print $out;
287}
288
1bc71e56 289# simple routines that take two arguments: an %ENV key and a value. return
290# strings that are suitable for passing directly to the relevant shell to set
291# said key to said value.
292sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
293 my $class = shift;
294 my($name, $value) = @_;
295 return qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n};
296}
297
298sub build_csh_env_declaration {
299 my $class = shift;
300 my($name, $value) = @_;
301 return qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n};
302}
303
53699c99 304sub build_win32_env_declaration {
305 my $class = shift;
306 my($name, $value) = @_;
307 return qq{set ${name}=${value}\n};
308}
309
b5cc15f7 310sub setup_env_hash_for {
311 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 312 my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, INTERPOLATE_ENV);
b5cc15f7 313 @ENV{keys %envs} = values %envs;
314}
315
316sub build_environment_vars_for {
317 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
318 return (
4de80824 319 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => $path,
e322149f 320 PERL_MB_OPT => "--install_base ${path}",
b5cc15f7 321 PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=${path}",
53699c99 322 PERL5LIB => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 323 $class->install_base_arch_path($path),
1b2a57eb 324 $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
03b91976 325 (($ENV{PERL5LIB}||()) ?
c2447f35 326 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
327 ? ($ENV{PERL5LIB})
53699c99 328 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PERL5LIB' : '%PERL5LIB%' ))
c2447f35 329 : ())
b5cc15f7 330 ),
53699c99 331 PATH => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 332 $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
c2447f35 333 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
03b91976 334 ? ($ENV{PATH}||())
53699c99 335 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PATH' : '%PATH%' ))
b5cc15f7 336 ),
337 )
338}
339
275c9dae 340=begin testing
341
342#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 343
344File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
345
4c375968 346$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
b5cc15f7 347
348ok(-d 't/var/splat');
349
275c9dae 350=end testing
351
898f36cf 352=encoding utf8
353
b5cc15f7 354=head1 NAME
355
356local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
357
358=head1 SYNOPSIS
359
360In code -
361
362 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
363
364 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
365
1bc71e56 366 # Or...
367 use FindBin;
368 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
369
b5cc15f7 370From the shell -
371
359329d3 372 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
373 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 374
0fb70b9a 375 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 376 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 377 export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'
c4e3c83b 378 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5'
379 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5/i386-linux:/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5'
380 export PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH"
b5cc15f7 381
322b0a0d 382=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 383
730f5dda 384A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
385"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
386hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
898f36cf 387local::lib in your home directory.
388
389If you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
390environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
391install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
392will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
393
04f8efde 394By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
395
898f36cf 396Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 397
730f5dda 3981. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
399on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
400or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
401convenient location.
715c31a0 402
730f5dda 4032. Run this:
715c31a0 404
730f5dda 405 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 406
730f5dda 407If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
408as possible, you would typically answer yes.
409
04f8efde 410In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
411to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
898f36cf 412
413 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
414
4153. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 416
417 make test && make install
418
898f36cf 4194. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
420starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
421any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
422way:
730f5dda 423
424 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
425
426If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
427
428 /bin/csh
429 echo $SHELL
618272fe 430 /bin/csh
730f5dda 431 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 432
898f36cf 433If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to give that as
434import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this way:
8b1e8e69 435
730f5dda 436 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 437
aab64481 438After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
898f36cf 439changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
440C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 441
b9c94c15 442If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
443limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
444installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
445
730f5dda 446 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 447
898f36cf 448To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
449same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
450applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
451installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 452
730f5dda 453 cd ~/mydir1
454 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
455 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 456 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 457 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
458 cd ../mydir2
459 ... REPEAT ...
460
461For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
462version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
463If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
464~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
465you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
466~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 467
468In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
469
730f5dda 470 use strict;
471 use warnings;
472 use local::lib "$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
76f30678 479To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
480C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
481
730f5dda 482 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 483 set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
730f5dda 484 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
485 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
486 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
487
898f36cf 488 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
730f5dda 489 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
490 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 491
492If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 493Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 494
495The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
496the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
9bc0788f 497(Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
53699c99 498directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
499and the subdirectories are created.
500
730f5dda 501=head1 RATIONALE
502
503The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
504need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
505need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
506this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
507are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
508around to packaging up the version you need.
509
510local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
511Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
512be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
513not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
514packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
515local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
516packages takes precedence over the system installation.
517
518If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
519worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
520of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
521installed by Debian.
522
618272fe 523=head1 DESCRIPTION
524
525This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
526module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
527prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
528appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 529environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
530configuration file.
531
532More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
533directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
534easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
535collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
536applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 537
538On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
539values:
540
541=over 4
542
e322149f 543=item PERL_MB_OPT
1bc71e56 544
545=item PERL_MM_OPT
546
547=item PERL5LIB
548
549=item PATH
550
551PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
552
553=back
554
555These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
556
b0c48f8e 557=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
558
a949ebcd 559See L<lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
d8b1a404 560there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
561build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 562
480e6e85 563=head1 METHODS
564
a949ebcd 565=head2 ensure_dir_structure_for
480e6e85 566
567=over 4
568
a949ebcd 569=item Arguments: $path
570
571=item Return value: None
480e6e85 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
a949ebcd 582=item Arguments: $path
583
584=item Return value: None
480e6e85 585
586=back
587
588Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
589given path as the base directory.
590
a949ebcd 591=head2 build_environment_vars_for
592
593=over 4
594
595=item Arguments: $path, $interpolate
596
597=item Return value: \%environment_vars
598
599=back
600
291b5a3a 601Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the
602given path as the base directory.
603
480e6e85 604=head2 setup_env_hash_for
605
606=over 4
607
a949ebcd 608=item Arguments: $path
609
610=item Return value: None
480e6e85 611
612=back
613
614Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
a949ebcd 615L</build_environment_vars_for>.
480e6e85 616
617=head2 install_base_perl_path
618
619=over 4
620
a949ebcd 621=item Arguments: $path
622
623=item Return value: $install_base_perl_path
480e6e85 624
625=back
626
627Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
628library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
629path.
630
631=head2 install_base_arch_path
632
633=over 4
634
a949ebcd 635=item Arguments: $path
636
637=item Return value: $install_base_arch_path
480e6e85 638
639=back
640
641Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
642modules for this local library installation. Based on the
643L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
644C<$Config{archname}>.
645
646=head2 install_base_bin_path
647
648=over 4
649
a949ebcd 650=item Arguments: $path
651
652=item Return value: $install_base_bin_path
480e6e85 653
654=back
655
656Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
657local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
658return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
659
480e6e85 660=head2 resolve_empty_path
661
662=over 4
663
a949ebcd 664=item Arguments: $path
665
666=item Return value: $base_path
480e6e85 667
668=back
669
670Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
671installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
672
673=head2 resolve_home_path
674
675=over 4
676
a949ebcd 677=item Arguments: $path
678
679=item Return value: $home_path
480e6e85 680
681=back
682
683Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
684for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
685
686=head2 resolve_relative_path
687
688=over 4
689
a949ebcd 690=item Arguments: $path
691
692=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 693
694=back
695
696Translates the given path into an absolute path.
697
698=head2 resolve_path
699
700=over 4
701
a949ebcd 702=item Arguments: $path
703
704=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 705
706=back
707
708Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
709next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
710library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
711L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
712L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
713L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
714L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
715L</resolve_path>.
716
0fb70b9a 717=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
718
719Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
720The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
721before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
722version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
723with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 724module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 725install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
726
dc8ddd06 727=head1 LIMITATIONS
728
47e70ca1 729The perl toolchain is unable to handle directory names with spaces in it,
a8e981cf 730so you cant put your local::lib bootstrap into a directory with spaces. What
731you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces B<after> you
732installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be aware that you
733cant update or install CPAN modules after the move.
47e70ca1 734
618272fe 735Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
736assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 737to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
738not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 739
740Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
741have CPANPLUS installed.
742
e322149f 743Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT.
dc8ddd06 744
e423efce 745Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
746
dc8ddd06 747Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 748
53699c99 749On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
750to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
751
9a021b2b 752=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
753
754If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
755home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
756-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
757permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
758/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
759error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
760you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
761
762To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
763
764Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
765
766Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
767
618272fe 768=head1 ENVIRONMENT
769
770=over 4
771
772=item SHELL
773
53699c99 774=item COMSPEC
775
618272fe 776local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
777commands to add to the shell configuration file.
778
53699c99 779On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
780
618272fe 781=back
782
cc19e8d4 783=head1 SUPPORT
784
785IRC:
786
787 Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
788
b5cc15f7 789=head1 AUTHOR
790
791Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
792
d6b71a2d 793auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
794
b5c1154d 795=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
796
797Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
798documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
799
cc19e8d4 800Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
a949ebcd 801documentation and a L<german documentation|POD2::DE::local::lib> contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 802<torsten@raudssus.de>.
803
be160790 804Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 805things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
806writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
807submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
808properly. Many, many thanks!
809
810pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
811section. Many thanks!
be160790 812
53699c99 813Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
814
03b91976 815Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
816by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
817
1f8043c8 818Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
819'--self-contained' option.
820
76f30678 821Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
822David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
823
a949ebcd 824Brazilian L<portuguese translation|POD2::PT_BR::local::lib> and minor doc patches contributed by Breno
ccf362c0 825G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>.
826
7c0db165 827=head1 COPYRIGHT
828
cc19e8d4 829Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
7c0db165 830listed above.
831
b5cc15f7 832=head1 LICENSE
833
7c0db165 834This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
835as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 836
837=cut
838
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