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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
a2443311 14our $VERSION = '1.006001'; # 1.6.1
1f8043c8 15
16our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained);
b5cc15f7 17
18sub import {
0fb70b9a 19 my ($class, @args) = @_;
20
e4892f2b 21 # Remember what PERL5LIB was when we started
ea0824e7 22 my $perl5lib = $ENV{PERL5LIB} || '';
e4892f2b 23
b9c94c15 24 my %arg_store;
25 for my $arg (@args) {
26 # check for lethal dash first to stop processing before causing problems
27 if ($arg =~ /−/) {
d4dbe584 28 die <<'DEATH';
29WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got some fancy dashes in your commandline!
30These are *not* the traditional -- dashes that software recognizes. You
31probably got these by copy-pasting from the perldoc for this module as
32rendered by a UTF8-capable formatter. This most typically happens on an OS X
33terminal, but can happen elsewhere too. Please try again after replacing the
34dashes with normal minus signs.
35DEATH
b9c94c15 36 }
37 elsif(grep { $arg eq $_ } @KNOWN_FLAGS) {
38 (my $flag = $arg) =~ s/--//;
39 $arg_store{$flag} = 1;
40 }
41 elsif($arg =~ /^--/) {
42 die "Unknown import argument: $arg";
43 }
44 else {
45 # assume that what's left is a path
46 $arg_store{path} = $arg;
47 }
d4dbe584 48 }
b9c94c15 49
b10fc4d4 50 if($arg_store{'self-contained'}) {
1f8043c8 51 die "FATAL: The local::lib --self-contained flag has never worked reliably and the original author, Mark Stosberg, was unable or unwilling to maintain it. As such, this flag has been removed from the local::lib codebase in order to prevent misunderstandings and potentially broken builds. The local::lib authors recommend that you look at the lib::core::only module shipped with this distribution in order to create a more robust environment that is equivalent to what --self-contained provided (although quite possibly not what you originally thought it provided due to the poor quality of the documentation, for which we apologise).\n";
0fb70b9a 52 }
b9c94c15 53
54 $arg_store{path} = $class->resolve_path($arg_store{path});
55 $class->setup_local_lib_for($arg_store{path});
0fb70b9a 56
6e5079df 57 for (@INC) { # Untaint @INC
58 next if ref; # Skip entry if it is an ARRAY, CODE, blessed, etc.
59 m/(.*)/ and $_ = $1;
60 }
b5cc15f7 61}
62
5b94dce5 63sub pipeline;
b5cc15f7 64
5b94dce5 65sub pipeline {
b5cc15f7 66 my @methods = @_;
67 my $last = pop(@methods);
68 if (@methods) {
69 \sub {
70 my ($obj, @args) = @_;
5b94dce5 71 $obj->${pipeline @methods}(
b5cc15f7 72 $obj->$last(@args)
73 );
74 };
75 } else {
76 \sub {
77 shift->$last(@_);
78 };
79 }
80}
81
275c9dae 82=begin testing
83
84#:: test pipeline
b5cc15f7 85
86package local::lib;
87
88{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
89my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
4c375968 90Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
b5cc15f7 91
275c9dae 92=end testing
93
b5cc15f7 94=cut
95
a9489cb0 96sub _uniq {
97 my %seen;
98 grep { ! $seen{$_}++ } @_;
99}
100
b5cc15f7 101sub resolve_path {
102 my ($class, $path) = @_;
5b94dce5 103 $class->${pipeline qw(
b5cc15f7 104 resolve_relative_path
105 resolve_home_path
106 resolve_empty_path
107 )}($path);
108}
109
110sub resolve_empty_path {
111 my ($class, $path) = @_;
112 if (defined $path) {
113 $path;
114 } else {
115 '~/perl5';
116 }
117}
118
275c9dae 119=begin testing
120
121#:: test classmethod setup
b5cc15f7 122
123my $c = 'local::lib';
124
275c9dae 125=end testing
126
127=begin testing
b5cc15f7 128
275c9dae 129#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 130
131is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
132is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
133
275c9dae 134=end testing
135
b5cc15f7 136=cut
137
138sub resolve_home_path {
139 my ($class, $path) = @_;
140 return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
141 my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
142 my $tried_file_homedir;
143 my $homedir = do {
8c6c886f 144 if (eval { require File::HomeDir } && $File::HomeDir::VERSION >= 0.65) {
b5cc15f7 145 $tried_file_homedir = 1;
146 if (defined $user) {
147 File::HomeDir->users_home($user);
148 } else {
dc8ddd06 149 File::HomeDir->my_home;
b5cc15f7 150 }
151 } else {
152 if (defined $user) {
153 (getpwnam $user)[7];
154 } else {
155 if (defined $ENV{HOME}) {
156 $ENV{HOME};
157 } else {
158 (getpwuid $<)[7];
159 }
160 }
161 }
162 };
163 unless (defined $homedir) {
164 Carp::croak(
165 "Couldn't resolve homedir for "
166 .(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
167 .($tried_file_homedir ? '' : ' - consider installing File::HomeDir')
168 );
169 }
170 $path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
171 $path;
172}
173
174sub resolve_relative_path {
175 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 176 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
b5cc15f7 177}
178
275c9dae 179=begin testing
180
181#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 182
183local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
184is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
185
275c9dae 186=end testing
187
b5cc15f7 188=cut
189
190sub setup_local_lib_for {
191 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 192 $path = $class->ensure_dir_structure_for($path);
b5cc15f7 193 if ($0 eq '-') {
194 $class->print_environment_vars_for($path);
195 exit 0;
196 } else {
197 $class->setup_env_hash_for($path);
a9489cb0 198 @INC = _uniq(split($Config{path_sep}, $ENV{PERL5LIB}), @INC);
b5cc15f7 199 }
200}
201
202sub modulebuildrc_path {
203 my ($class, $path) = @_;
204 File::Spec->catfile($path, '.modulebuildrc');
205}
206
207sub install_base_bin_path {
208 my ($class, $path) = @_;
209 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
210}
211
212sub install_base_perl_path {
213 my ($class, $path) = @_;
214 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'lib', 'perl5');
215}
216
217sub install_base_arch_path {
218 my ($class, $path) = @_;
219 File::Spec->catdir($class->install_base_perl_path($path), $Config{archname});
220}
221
222sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
223 my ($class, $path) = @_;
224 unless (-d $path) {
225 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
226 }
227 File::Path::mkpath($path);
53699c99 228 # Need to have the path exist to make a short name for it, so
229 # converting to a short name here.
230 $path = Win32::GetShortPathName($path) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
b5cc15f7 231 my $modulebuildrc_path = $class->modulebuildrc_path($path);
232 if (-e $modulebuildrc_path) {
233 unless (-f _) {
234 Carp::croak("${modulebuildrc_path} exists but is not a plain file");
235 }
236 } else {
237 warn "Attempting to create file ${modulebuildrc_path}\n";
238 open MODULEBUILDRC, '>', $modulebuildrc_path
239 || Carp::croak("Couldn't open ${modulebuildrc_path} for writing: $!");
18bb63e0 240 print MODULEBUILDRC qq{install --install_base ${path}\n}
b5cc15f7 241 || Carp::croak("Couldn't write line to ${modulebuildrc_path}: $!");
242 close MODULEBUILDRC
243 || Carp::croak("Couldn't close file ${modulebuildrc_path}: $@");
244 }
53699c99 245
246 return $path;
b5cc15f7 247}
248
c2447f35 249sub INTERPOLATE_ENV () { 1 }
250sub LITERAL_ENV () { 0 }
b5cc15f7 251
252sub print_environment_vars_for {
253 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 254 my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, LITERAL_ENV);
b5cc15f7 255 my $out = '';
1bc71e56 256
0353dbc0 257 # rather basic csh detection, goes on the assumption that something won't
258 # call itself csh unless it really is. also, default to bourne in the
259 # pathological situation where a user doesn't have $ENV{SHELL} defined.
260 # note also that shells with funny names, like zoid, are assumed to be
261 # bourne.
262 my $shellbin = 'sh';
263 if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
264 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
265 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
266 }
1bc71e56 267 my $shelltype = do {
268 local $_ = $shellbin;
b42496e0 269 if(/csh/) {
1bc71e56 270 'csh'
b42496e0 271 } else {
1bc71e56 272 'bourne'
273 }
274 };
275
f58534b1 276 # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
277 if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
53699c99 278 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
279 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
280 $shelltype = do {
281 local $_ = $shellbin;
282 if(/command\.com/) {
283 'win32'
284 } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
285 'win32'
286 } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
287 'win32'
288 } else {
289 $shelltype
290 }
291 };
292 }
293
b5cc15f7 294 while (@envs) {
295 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
296 $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g;
1bc71e56 297 $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
b5cc15f7 298 }
299 print $out;
300}
301
1bc71e56 302# simple routines that take two arguments: an %ENV key and a value. return
303# strings that are suitable for passing directly to the relevant shell to set
304# said key to said value.
305sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
306 my $class = shift;
307 my($name, $value) = @_;
308 return qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n};
309}
310
311sub build_csh_env_declaration {
312 my $class = shift;
313 my($name, $value) = @_;
314 return qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n};
315}
316
53699c99 317sub build_win32_env_declaration {
318 my $class = shift;
319 my($name, $value) = @_;
320 return qq{set ${name}=${value}\n};
321}
322
b5cc15f7 323sub setup_env_hash_for {
324 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 325 my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, INTERPOLATE_ENV);
b5cc15f7 326 @ENV{keys %envs} = values %envs;
327}
328
329sub build_environment_vars_for {
330 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
331 return (
332 MODULEBUILDRC => $class->modulebuildrc_path($path),
333 PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=${path}",
53699c99 334 PERL5LIB => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 335 $class->install_base_arch_path($path),
1b2a57eb 336 $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
03b91976 337 (($ENV{PERL5LIB}||()) ?
c2447f35 338 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
339 ? ($ENV{PERL5LIB})
53699c99 340 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PERL5LIB' : '%PERL5LIB%' ))
c2447f35 341 : ())
b5cc15f7 342 ),
53699c99 343 PATH => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 344 $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
c2447f35 345 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
03b91976 346 ? ($ENV{PATH}||())
53699c99 347 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PATH' : '%PATH%' ))
b5cc15f7 348 ),
349 )
350}
351
275c9dae 352=begin testing
353
354#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 355
356File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
357
4c375968 358$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
b5cc15f7 359
360ok(-d 't/var/splat');
361
362ok(-f 't/var/splat/.modulebuildrc');
363
275c9dae 364=end testing
365
b5cc15f7 366=head1 NAME
367
368local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
369
370=head1 SYNOPSIS
371
372In code -
373
374 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
375
376 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
377
1bc71e56 378 # Or...
379 use FindBin;
380 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
381
b5cc15f7 382From the shell -
383
359329d3 384 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
385 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 386
0fb70b9a 387 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 388 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
389 export MODULEBUILDRC=/home/username/perl/.modulebuildrc
390 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl'
391 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl/lib/perl5:/home/username/perl/lib/perl5/i386-linux'
392 export PATH="/home/username/perl/bin:$PATH"
393
322b0a0d 394=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 395
730f5dda 396A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
397"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
398hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
76f30678 399local::lib in your home directory. If you do have administrative priveleges,
400you will still want to set up your environment variables, as discussed in
401step 4 (and for Windows users, see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>).
715c31a0 402
730f5dda 4031. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
404on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
405or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
406convenient location.
715c31a0 407
730f5dda 4082. Run this:
715c31a0 409
730f5dda 410 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 411
730f5dda 412If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
413as possible, you would typically answer yes.
414
4153. Run this:
416
417 make test && make install
418
4194. Arrange for Perl to use your own packages instead of the system
420packages. If you are using bash, you can do this as follows:
421
422 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
423
424If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
425
426 /bin/csh
427 echo $SHELL
618272fe 428 /bin/csh
730f5dda 429 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 430
53699c99 431You can also pass --bootstrap=~/foo to get a different location -
8b1e8e69 432
730f5dda 433 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
434 make test && make install
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
439changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use C<.
440~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>. Replace .bashrc or
441.cshrc with the name of the file you wrote above with the echo command.
442
b9c94c15 443If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
444limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
445installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
446
730f5dda 447 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 448
e12c8663 449If you want to install multiple Perl module environments, say for application development,
977a9ca3 450install local::lib globally and then:
451
730f5dda 452 cd ~/mydir1
453 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
454 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
455 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
456 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
457 cd ../mydir2
458 ... REPEAT ...
459
460For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
461version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
462If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
463~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
464you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
465~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 466
467In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
468
730f5dda 469 use strict;
470 use warnings;
471 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
472 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 473
474Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
475
53699c99 476=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
477
76f30678 478To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
479C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
480
730f5dda 481 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
482 set MODULEBUILDRC=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\.modulebuildrc
483 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
484 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
485 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
486
487 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
488 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
489 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 490
491If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 492Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 493
494The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
495the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
496(Windows Vista or later) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
497directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
498and the subdirectories are created.
499
730f5dda 500=head1 RATIONALE
501
502The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
503need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
504need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
505this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
506are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
507around to packaging up the version you need.
508
509local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
510Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
511be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
512not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
513packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
514local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
515packages takes precedence over the system installation.
516
517If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
518worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
519of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
520installed by Debian.
521
618272fe 522=head1 DESCRIPTION
523
524This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
525module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
526prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
527appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 528environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
529configuration file.
530
531More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
532directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
533easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
534collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
535applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 536
537On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
538values:
539
540=over 4
541
542=item MODULEBUILDRC
543
544=item PERL_MM_OPT
545
546=item PERL5LIB
547
548=item PATH
549
550PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
551
552=back
553
554These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
555
b0c48f8e 556=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
557
d8b1a404 558See L<lib::core::only|lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
559there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
560build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 561
480e6e85 562=head1 METHODS
563
564=head2 ensure_directory_structure_for
565
566=over 4
567
568=item Arguments: path
569
570=back
571
572Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
573an exception on failure.
574
575=head2 print_environment_vars_for
576
577=over 4
578
579=item Arguments: path
580
581=back
582
583Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
584given path as the base directory.
585
586=head2 setup_env_hash_for
587
588=over 4
589
590=item Arguments: path
591
592=back
593
594Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
595C<build_environment_vars_for>.
596
597=head2 install_base_perl_path
598
599=over 4
600
601=item Arguments: path
602
603=back
604
605Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
606library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
607path.
608
609=head2 install_base_arch_path
610
611=over 4
612
613=item Arguments: path
614
615=back
616
617Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
618modules for this local library installation. Based on the
619L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
620C<$Config{archname}>.
621
622=head2 install_base_bin_path
623
624=over 4
625
626=item Arguments: path
627
628=back
629
630Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
631local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
632return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
633
634=head2 modulebuildrc_path
635
636=over 4
637
638=item Arguments: path
639
640=back
641
642Returns a path describing where to install the C<.modulebuildrc> file, based on
643the given path.
644
645=head2 resolve_empty_path
646
647=over 4
648
649=item Arguments: path
650
651=back
652
653Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
654installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
655
656=head2 resolve_home_path
657
658=over 4
659
660=item Arguments: path
661
662=back
663
664Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
665for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
666
667=head2 resolve_relative_path
668
669=over 4
670
671=item Arguments: path
672
673=back
674
675Translates the given path into an absolute path.
676
677=head2 resolve_path
678
679=over 4
680
681=item Arguments: path
682
683=back
684
685Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
686next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
687library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
688L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
689L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
690L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
691L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
692L</resolve_path>.
693
0fb70b9a 694=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
695
696Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
697The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
698before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
699version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
700with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 701module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 702install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
703
dc8ddd06 704=head1 LIMITATIONS
705
618272fe 706Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
707assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 708to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
709not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 710
711Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
712have CPANPLUS installed.
713
714Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or MODULEBUILDRC.
715
e423efce 716Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
717
dc8ddd06 718Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 719
53699c99 720On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
721to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
722
9a021b2b 723=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
724
725If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
726home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
727-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
728permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
729/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
730error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
731you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
732
733To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
734
735Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
736
737Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
738
618272fe 739=head1 ENVIRONMENT
740
741=over 4
742
743=item SHELL
744
53699c99 745=item COMSPEC
746
618272fe 747local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
748commands to add to the shell configuration file.
749
53699c99 750On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
751
618272fe 752=back
753
b5cc15f7 754=head1 AUTHOR
755
756Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
757
d6b71a2d 758auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
759
b5c1154d 760=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
761
762Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
763documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
764
c4dbb66c 765Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 766<torsten@raudssus.de>.
767
be160790 768Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 769things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
770writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
771submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
772properly. Many, many thanks!
773
774pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
775section. Many thanks!
be160790 776
53699c99 777Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
778
03b91976 779Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
780by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
781
1f8043c8 782Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
783'--self-contained' option.
784
76f30678 785Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
786David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
787
7c0db165 788=head1 COPYRIGHT
789
790Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
791listed above.
792
b5cc15f7 793=head1 LICENSE
794
7c0db165 795This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
796as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 797
798=cut
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