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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
cc19e8d4 14our $VERSION = '1.006005'; # 1.6.5
1f8043c8 15
16our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained);
b5cc15f7 17
18sub import {
0fb70b9a 19 my ($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
04f8efde 408By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
409
898f36cf 410Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 411
730f5dda 4121. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
413on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
414or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
415convenient location.
715c31a0 416
730f5dda 4172. Run this:
715c31a0 418
730f5dda 419 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 420
730f5dda 421If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
422as possible, you would typically answer yes.
423
04f8efde 424In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
425to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
898f36cf 426
427 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
428
4293. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 430
431 make test && make install
432
898f36cf 4334. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
434starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
435any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
436way:
730f5dda 437
438 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
439
440If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
441
442 /bin/csh
443 echo $SHELL
618272fe 444 /bin/csh
730f5dda 445 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 446
898f36cf 447If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to give that as
448import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this way:
8b1e8e69 449
730f5dda 450 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 451
aab64481 452After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
898f36cf 453changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
454C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 455
b9c94c15 456If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
457limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
458installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
459
730f5dda 460 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 461
898f36cf 462To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
463same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
464applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
465installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 466
730f5dda 467 cd ~/mydir1
468 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
469 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 470 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 471 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
472 cd ../mydir2
473 ... REPEAT ...
474
475For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
476version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
477If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
478~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
479you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
480~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 481
482In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
483
730f5dda 484 use strict;
485 use warnings;
486 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
487 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 488
489Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
490
53699c99 491=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
492
76f30678 493To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
494C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
495
730f5dda 496 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
497 set MODULEBUILDRC=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\.modulebuildrc
498 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
499 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
500 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
501
898f36cf 502 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
730f5dda 503 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
504 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 505
506If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 507Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 508
509The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
510the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
511(Windows Vista or later) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
512directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
513and the subdirectories are created.
514
730f5dda 515=head1 RATIONALE
516
517The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
518need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
519need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
520this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
521are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
522around to packaging up the version you need.
523
524local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
525Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
526be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
527not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
528packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
529local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
530packages takes precedence over the system installation.
531
532If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
533worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
534of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
535installed by Debian.
536
618272fe 537=head1 DESCRIPTION
538
539This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
540module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
541prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
542appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 543environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
544configuration file.
545
546More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
547directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
548easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
549collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
550applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 551
552On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
553values:
554
555=over 4
556
557=item MODULEBUILDRC
558
559=item PERL_MM_OPT
560
561=item PERL5LIB
562
563=item PATH
564
565PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
566
567=back
568
569These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
570
b0c48f8e 571=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
572
d8b1a404 573See L<lib::core::only|lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
574there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
575build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 576
480e6e85 577=head1 METHODS
578
579=head2 ensure_directory_structure_for
580
581=over 4
582
583=item Arguments: path
584
585=back
586
587Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
588an exception on failure.
589
590=head2 print_environment_vars_for
591
592=over 4
593
594=item Arguments: path
595
596=back
597
598Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
599given path as the base directory.
600
601=head2 setup_env_hash_for
602
603=over 4
604
605=item Arguments: path
606
607=back
608
609Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
610C<build_environment_vars_for>.
611
612=head2 install_base_perl_path
613
614=over 4
615
616=item Arguments: path
617
618=back
619
620Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
621library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
622path.
623
624=head2 install_base_arch_path
625
626=over 4
627
628=item Arguments: path
629
630=back
631
632Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
633modules for this local library installation. Based on the
634L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
635C<$Config{archname}>.
636
637=head2 install_base_bin_path
638
639=over 4
640
641=item Arguments: path
642
643=back
644
645Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
646local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
647return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
648
649=head2 modulebuildrc_path
650
651=over 4
652
653=item Arguments: path
654
655=back
656
657Returns a path describing where to install the C<.modulebuildrc> file, based on
658the given path.
659
660=head2 resolve_empty_path
661
662=over 4
663
664=item Arguments: path
665
666=back
667
668Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
669installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
670
671=head2 resolve_home_path
672
673=over 4
674
675=item Arguments: path
676
677=back
678
679Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
680for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
681
682=head2 resolve_relative_path
683
684=over 4
685
686=item Arguments: path
687
688=back
689
690Translates the given path into an absolute path.
691
692=head2 resolve_path
693
694=over 4
695
696=item Arguments: path
697
698=back
699
700Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
701next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
702library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
703L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
704L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
705L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
706L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
707L</resolve_path>.
708
0fb70b9a 709=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
710
711Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
712The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
713before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
714version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
715with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 716module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 717install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
718
dc8ddd06 719=head1 LIMITATIONS
720
47e70ca1 721The perl toolchain is unable to handle directory names with spaces in it,
a8e981cf 722so you cant put your local::lib bootstrap into a directory with spaces. What
723you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces B<after> you
724installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be aware that you
725cant update or install CPAN modules after the move.
47e70ca1 726
618272fe 727Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
728assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 729to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
730not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 731
732Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
733have CPANPLUS installed.
734
735Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or MODULEBUILDRC.
736
e423efce 737Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
738
dc8ddd06 739Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 740
53699c99 741On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
742to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
743
9a021b2b 744=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
745
746If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
747home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
748-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
749permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
750/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
751error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
752you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
753
754To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
755
756Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
757
758Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
759
618272fe 760=head1 ENVIRONMENT
761
762=over 4
763
764=item SHELL
765
53699c99 766=item COMSPEC
767
618272fe 768local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
769commands to add to the shell configuration file.
770
53699c99 771On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
772
618272fe 773=back
774
cc19e8d4 775=head1 SUPPORT
776
777IRC:
778
779 Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
780
b5cc15f7 781=head1 AUTHOR
782
783Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
784
d6b71a2d 785auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
786
b5c1154d 787=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
788
789Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
790documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
791
cc19e8d4 792Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
793documentation and a german documentation contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 794<torsten@raudssus.de>.
795
be160790 796Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 797things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
798writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
799submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
800properly. Many, many thanks!
801
802pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
803section. Many thanks!
be160790 804
53699c99 805Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
806
03b91976 807Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
808by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
809
1f8043c8 810Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
811'--self-contained' option.
812
76f30678 813Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
814David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
815
7c0db165 816=head1 COPYRIGHT
817
cc19e8d4 818Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
7c0db165 819listed above.
820
b5cc15f7 821=head1 LICENSE
822
7c0db165 823This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
824as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 825
826=cut
827
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