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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 $VERSION = '1.005001'; # 1.5.1
b9c94c15 15my @KNOWN_FLAGS = (qw/--self-contained/);
b5cc15f7 16
17sub import {
0fb70b9a 18 my ($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
ea0824e7 24 my $perl5lib = $ENV{PERL5LIB} || '';
e4892f2b 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} = $arg;
49 }
d4dbe584 50 }
b9c94c15 51
b10fc4d4 52 if($arg_store{'self-contained'}) {
b9c94c15 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 {
8c6c886f 160 if (eval { require File::HomeDir } && $File::HomeDir::VERSION >= 0.65) {
b5cc15f7 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),
03b91976 353 (($ENV{PERL5LIB}||()) ?
c2447f35 354 ($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 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
03b91976 362 ? ($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
359329d3 400 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
401 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 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
aab64481 455After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
456changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use C<.
457~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>. Replace .bashrc or
458.cshrc with the name of the file you wrote above with the echo command.
459
b9c94c15 460If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
461limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
462installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
463
730f5dda 464 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 465
e12c8663 466If you want to install multiple Perl module environments, say for application development,
977a9ca3 467install local::lib globally and then:
468
730f5dda 469 cd ~/mydir1
470 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
471 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
472 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
473 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
474 cd ../mydir2
475 ... REPEAT ...
476
477For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
478version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
479If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
480~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
481you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
482~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 483
484In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
485
730f5dda 486 use strict;
487 use warnings;
488 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
489 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 490
491Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
492
53699c99 493=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
494
730f5dda 495 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
496 set MODULEBUILDRC=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\.modulebuildrc
497 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
498 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
499 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
500
501 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
502 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
503 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 504
505If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
506Control Panel's System applet yourself at the moment.
507
508The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
509the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
510(Windows Vista or later) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
511directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
512and the subdirectories are created.
513
730f5dda 514=head1 RATIONALE
515
516The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
517need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
518need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
519this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
520are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
521around to packaging up the version you need.
522
523local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
524Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
525be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
526not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
527packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
528local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
529packages takes precedence over the system installation.
530
531If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
532worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
533of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
534installed by Debian.
535
618272fe 536=head1 DESCRIPTION
537
538This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
539module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
540prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
541appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 542environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
543configuration file.
544
545More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
546directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
547easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
548collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
549applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 550
551On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
552values:
553
554=over 4
555
556=item MODULEBUILDRC
557
558=item PERL_MM_OPT
559
560=item PERL5LIB
561
562=item PATH
563
564PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
565
566=back
567
568These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
569
b0c48f8e 570=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
571
572You can use local::lib to prepare a directory which contains a module and all
573of its non-core dependencies. The C<--self-contained> option ignores any
574globally installed modules when resolving dependencies, only considering
575modules installed in a "local::lib" directory or provided by core Perl.
576
577A use-case for this feature would be to prepare to deploy a whole "stack" of
578module dependencies on a new machine, even if you have copies of the same
579dependencies installed globally already.
580
581The C<--self-contained> option should be used like this:
582
583 # Install LWP and *all non-core* dependencies to the 'my_lwp' directory
584 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib=--self-contained,my_lwp -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
585
586Note that some dependencies may involve C-based "XS" code even if your target
587module doesn't. The issue of dealing with XS vs Pure Perl code is beyond the scope
588of what local::lib provides.
589
480e6e85 590=head1 METHODS
591
592=head2 ensure_directory_structure_for
593
594=over 4
595
596=item Arguments: path
597
598=back
599
600Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
601an exception on failure.
602
603=head2 print_environment_vars_for
604
605=over 4
606
607=item Arguments: path
608
609=back
610
611Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
612given path as the base directory.
613
614=head2 setup_env_hash_for
615
616=over 4
617
618=item Arguments: path
619
620=back
621
622Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
623C<build_environment_vars_for>.
624
625=head2 install_base_perl_path
626
627=over 4
628
629=item Arguments: path
630
631=back
632
633Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
634library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
635path.
636
637=head2 install_base_arch_path
638
639=over 4
640
641=item Arguments: path
642
643=back
644
645Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
646modules for this local library installation. Based on the
647L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
648C<$Config{archname}>.
649
650=head2 install_base_bin_path
651
652=over 4
653
654=item Arguments: path
655
656=back
657
658Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
659local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
660return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
661
662=head2 modulebuildrc_path
663
664=over 4
665
666=item Arguments: path
667
668=back
669
670Returns a path describing where to install the C<.modulebuildrc> file, based on
671the given path.
672
673=head2 resolve_empty_path
674
675=over 4
676
677=item Arguments: path
678
679=back
680
681Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
682installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
683
684=head2 resolve_home_path
685
686=over 4
687
688=item Arguments: path
689
690=back
691
692Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
693for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
694
695=head2 resolve_relative_path
696
697=over 4
698
699=item Arguments: path
700
701=back
702
703Translates the given path into an absolute path.
704
705=head2 resolve_path
706
707=over 4
708
709=item Arguments: path
710
711=back
712
713Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
714next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
715library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
716L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
717L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
718L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
719L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
720L</resolve_path>.
721
0fb70b9a 722=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
723
724Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
725The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
726before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
727version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
728with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 729module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 730install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
731
dc8ddd06 732=head1 LIMITATIONS
733
618272fe 734Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
735assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 736to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
737not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 738
739Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
740have CPANPLUS installed.
741
742Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or MODULEBUILDRC.
743
e423efce 744Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
745
dc8ddd06 746Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 747
53699c99 748On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
749to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
750
9a021b2b 751=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
752
753If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
754home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
755-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
756permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
757/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
758error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
759you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
760
761To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
762
763Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
764
765Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
766
618272fe 767=head1 ENVIRONMENT
768
769=over 4
770
771=item SHELL
772
53699c99 773=item COMSPEC
774
618272fe 775local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
776commands to add to the shell configuration file.
777
53699c99 778On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
779
618272fe 780=back
781
b5cc15f7 782=head1 AUTHOR
783
784Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
785
d6b71a2d 786auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
787
b5c1154d 788=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
789
790Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
791documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
792
0fb70b9a 793'--self-contained' feature contributed by Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>.
794
b9c94c15 795Ability to pass '--self-contained' without a directory inspired by frew on
796irc.perl.org/#catalyst.
797
c4dbb66c 798Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 799<torsten@raudssus.de>.
800
be160790 801Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 802things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
803writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
804submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
805properly. Many, many thanks!
806
807pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
808section. Many thanks!
be160790 809
53699c99 810Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
811
03b91976 812Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
813by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
814
7c0db165 815=head1 COPYRIGHT
816
817Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
818listed above.
819
b5cc15f7 820=head1 LICENSE
821
7c0db165 822This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
823as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 824
825=cut
826
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