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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
c7febe7f 14our $VERSION = '1.006004'; # 1.6.4
1f8043c8 15
16our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained);
b5cc15f7 17
18sub import {
0fb70b9a 19 my ($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$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
b5cc15f7 359
360ok(-d 't/var/splat');
361
362ok(-f 't/var/splat/.modulebuildrc');
363
275c9dae 364=end testing
365
898f36cf 366=encoding utf8
367
b5cc15f7 368=head1 NAME
369
370local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
371
372=head1 SYNOPSIS
373
374In code -
375
376 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
377
378 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
379
1bc71e56 380 # Or...
381 use FindBin;
382 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
383
b5cc15f7 384From the shell -
385
359329d3 386 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
387 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 388
0fb70b9a 389 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 390 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
391 export MODULEBUILDRC=/home/username/perl/.modulebuildrc
392 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl'
393 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl/lib/perl5:/home/username/perl/lib/perl5/i386-linux'
394 export PATH="/home/username/perl/bin:$PATH"
395
322b0a0d 396=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 397
730f5dda 398A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
399"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
400hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
898f36cf 401local::lib in your home directory.
402
403If you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
404environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
405install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
406will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
407
408Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 409
730f5dda 4101. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
411on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
412or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
413convenient location.
715c31a0 414
730f5dda 4152. Run this:
715c31a0 416
730f5dda 417 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 418
730f5dda 419If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
420as possible, you would typically answer yes.
421
898f36cf 422In order to install local::lib into a directory other than default, you need
423to give that directory on the call of bootstrap like this:
424
425 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
426
4273. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 428
429 make test && make install
430
898f36cf 4314. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
432starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
433any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
434way:
730f5dda 435
436 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
437
438If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
439
440 /bin/csh
441 echo $SHELL
618272fe 442 /bin/csh
730f5dda 443 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 444
898f36cf 445If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to give that as
446import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this way:
8b1e8e69 447
730f5dda 448 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 449
aab64481 450After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
898f36cf 451changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
452C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 453
b9c94c15 454If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
455limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
456installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
457
730f5dda 458 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 459
898f36cf 460To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
461same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
462applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
463installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 464
730f5dda 465 cd ~/mydir1
466 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
467 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 468 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 469 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
470 cd ../mydir2
471 ... REPEAT ...
472
473For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
474version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
475If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
476~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
477you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
478~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 479
480In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
481
730f5dda 482 use strict;
483 use warnings;
484 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
485 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 486
487Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
488
53699c99 489=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
490
76f30678 491To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
492C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
493
730f5dda 494 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
495 set MODULEBUILDRC=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\.modulebuildrc
496 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
497 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
498 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
499
898f36cf 500 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
730f5dda 501 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
502 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 503
504If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 505Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 506
507The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
508the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
509(Windows Vista or later) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
510directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
511and the subdirectories are created.
512
730f5dda 513=head1 RATIONALE
514
515The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
516need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
517need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
518this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
519are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
520around to packaging up the version you need.
521
522local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
523Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
524be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
525not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
526packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
527local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
528packages takes precedence over the system installation.
529
530If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
531worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
532of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
533installed by Debian.
534
618272fe 535=head1 DESCRIPTION
536
537This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
538module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
539prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
540appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 541environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
542configuration file.
543
544More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
545directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
546easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
547collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
548applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 549
550On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
551values:
552
553=over 4
554
555=item MODULEBUILDRC
556
557=item PERL_MM_OPT
558
559=item PERL5LIB
560
561=item PATH
562
563PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
564
565=back
566
567These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
568
b0c48f8e 569=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
570
d8b1a404 571See L<lib::core::only|lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
572there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
573build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 574
480e6e85 575=head1 METHODS
576
577=head2 ensure_directory_structure_for
578
579=over 4
580
581=item Arguments: path
582
583=back
584
585Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
586an exception on failure.
587
588=head2 print_environment_vars_for
589
590=over 4
591
592=item Arguments: path
593
594=back
595
596Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
597given path as the base directory.
598
599=head2 setup_env_hash_for
600
601=over 4
602
603=item Arguments: path
604
605=back
606
607Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
608C<build_environment_vars_for>.
609
610=head2 install_base_perl_path
611
612=over 4
613
614=item Arguments: path
615
616=back
617
618Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
619library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
620path.
621
622=head2 install_base_arch_path
623
624=over 4
625
626=item Arguments: path
627
628=back
629
630Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
631modules for this local library installation. Based on the
632L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
633C<$Config{archname}>.
634
635=head2 install_base_bin_path
636
637=over 4
638
639=item Arguments: path
640
641=back
642
643Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
644local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
645return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
646
647=head2 modulebuildrc_path
648
649=over 4
650
651=item Arguments: path
652
653=back
654
655Returns a path describing where to install the C<.modulebuildrc> file, based on
656the given path.
657
658=head2 resolve_empty_path
659
660=over 4
661
662=item Arguments: path
663
664=back
665
666Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
667installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
668
669=head2 resolve_home_path
670
671=over 4
672
673=item Arguments: path
674
675=back
676
677Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
678for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
679
680=head2 resolve_relative_path
681
682=over 4
683
684=item Arguments: path
685
686=back
687
688Translates the given path into an absolute path.
689
690=head2 resolve_path
691
692=over 4
693
694=item Arguments: path
695
696=back
697
698Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
699next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
700library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
701L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
702L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
703L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
704L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
705L</resolve_path>.
706
0fb70b9a 707=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
708
709Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
710The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
711before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
712version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
713with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 714module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 715install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
716
dc8ddd06 717=head1 LIMITATIONS
718
618272fe 719Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
720assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 721to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
722not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 723
724Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
725have CPANPLUS installed.
726
727Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or MODULEBUILDRC.
728
e423efce 729Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
730
dc8ddd06 731Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 732
53699c99 733On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
734to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
735
9a021b2b 736=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
737
738If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
739home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
740-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
741permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
742/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
743error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
744you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
745
746To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
747
748Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
749
750Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
751
618272fe 752=head1 ENVIRONMENT
753
754=over 4
755
756=item SHELL
757
53699c99 758=item COMSPEC
759
618272fe 760local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
761commands to add to the shell configuration file.
762
53699c99 763On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
764
618272fe 765=back
766
b5cc15f7 767=head1 AUTHOR
768
769Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
770
d6b71a2d 771auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
772
b5c1154d 773=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
774
775Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
776documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
777
c4dbb66c 778Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 779<torsten@raudssus.de>.
780
be160790 781Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 782things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
783writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
784submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
785properly. Many, many thanks!
786
787pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
788section. Many thanks!
be160790 789
53699c99 790Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
791
03b91976 792Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
793by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
794
1f8043c8 795Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
796'--self-contained' option.
797
76f30678 798Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
799David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
800
7c0db165 801=head1 COPYRIGHT
802
803Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
804listed above.
805
b5cc15f7 806=head1 LICENSE
807
7c0db165 808This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
809as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 810
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812
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