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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
efe8889a 14our $VERSION = '1.006008'; # 1.6.8
1f8043c8 15
16our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained);
b5cc15f7 17
18sub import {
0fb70b9a 19 my ($class, @args) = @_;
20
e4892f2b 21 # Remember what PERL5LIB was when we started
ea0824e7 22 my $perl5lib = $ENV{PERL5LIB} || '';
e4892f2b 23
b9c94c15 24 my %arg_store;
25 for my $arg (@args) {
26 # check for lethal dash first to stop processing before causing problems
27 if ($arg =~ /−/) {
d4dbe584 28 die <<'DEATH';
29WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got some fancy dashes in your commandline!
30These are *not* the traditional -- dashes that software recognizes. You
31probably got these by copy-pasting from the perldoc for this module as
32rendered by a UTF8-capable formatter. This most typically happens on an OS X
33terminal, but can happen elsewhere too. Please try again after replacing the
34dashes with normal minus signs.
35DEATH
b9c94c15 36 }
37 elsif(grep { $arg eq $_ } @KNOWN_FLAGS) {
38 (my $flag = $arg) =~ s/--//;
39 $arg_store{$flag} = 1;
40 }
41 elsif($arg =~ /^--/) {
42 die "Unknown import argument: $arg";
43 }
44 else {
45 # assume that what's left is a path
46 $arg_store{path} = $arg;
47 }
d4dbe584 48 }
b9c94c15 49
b10fc4d4 50 if($arg_store{'self-contained'}) {
1f8043c8 51 die "FATAL: The local::lib --self-contained flag has never worked reliably and the original author, Mark Stosberg, was unable or unwilling to maintain it. As such, this flag has been removed from the local::lib codebase in order to prevent misunderstandings and potentially broken builds. The local::lib authors recommend that you look at the lib::core::only module shipped with this distribution in order to create a more robust environment that is equivalent to what --self-contained provided (although quite possibly not what you originally thought it provided due to the poor quality of the documentation, for which we apologise).\n";
0fb70b9a 52 }
b9c94c15 53
54 $arg_store{path} = $class->resolve_path($arg_store{path});
55 $class->setup_local_lib_for($arg_store{path});
0fb70b9a 56
6e5079df 57 for (@INC) { # Untaint @INC
58 next if ref; # Skip entry if it is an ARRAY, CODE, blessed, etc.
59 m/(.*)/ and $_ = $1;
60 }
b5cc15f7 61}
62
5b94dce5 63sub pipeline;
b5cc15f7 64
5b94dce5 65sub pipeline {
b5cc15f7 66 my @methods = @_;
67 my $last = pop(@methods);
68 if (@methods) {
69 \sub {
70 my ($obj, @args) = @_;
5b94dce5 71 $obj->${pipeline @methods}(
b5cc15f7 72 $obj->$last(@args)
73 );
74 };
75 } else {
76 \sub {
77 shift->$last(@_);
78 };
79 }
80}
81
275c9dae 82=begin testing
83
84#:: test pipeline
b5cc15f7 85
86package local::lib;
87
88{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
89my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
4c375968 90Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
b5cc15f7 91
275c9dae 92=end testing
93
b5cc15f7 94=cut
95
a9489cb0 96sub _uniq {
97 my %seen;
98 grep { ! $seen{$_}++ } @_;
99}
100
b5cc15f7 101sub resolve_path {
102 my ($class, $path) = @_;
5b94dce5 103 $class->${pipeline qw(
b5cc15f7 104 resolve_relative_path
105 resolve_home_path
106 resolve_empty_path
107 )}($path);
108}
109
110sub resolve_empty_path {
111 my ($class, $path) = @_;
112 if (defined $path) {
113 $path;
114 } else {
115 '~/perl5';
116 }
117}
118
275c9dae 119=begin testing
120
121#:: test classmethod setup
b5cc15f7 122
123my $c = 'local::lib';
124
275c9dae 125=end testing
126
127=begin testing
b5cc15f7 128
275c9dae 129#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 130
131is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
132is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
133
275c9dae 134=end testing
135
b5cc15f7 136=cut
137
138sub resolve_home_path {
139 my ($class, $path) = @_;
140 return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
141 my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
142 my $tried_file_homedir;
143 my $homedir = do {
8c6c886f 144 if (eval { require File::HomeDir } && $File::HomeDir::VERSION >= 0.65) {
b5cc15f7 145 $tried_file_homedir = 1;
146 if (defined $user) {
147 File::HomeDir->users_home($user);
148 } else {
dc8ddd06 149 File::HomeDir->my_home;
b5cc15f7 150 }
151 } else {
152 if (defined $user) {
153 (getpwnam $user)[7];
154 } else {
155 if (defined $ENV{HOME}) {
156 $ENV{HOME};
157 } else {
158 (getpwuid $<)[7];
159 }
160 }
161 }
162 };
163 unless (defined $homedir) {
164 Carp::croak(
165 "Couldn't resolve homedir for "
166 .(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
167 .($tried_file_homedir ? '' : ' - consider installing File::HomeDir')
168 );
169 }
170 $path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
171 $path;
172}
173
174sub resolve_relative_path {
175 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 176 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
b5cc15f7 177}
178
275c9dae 179=begin testing
180
181#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 182
183local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
184is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
185
275c9dae 186=end testing
187
b5cc15f7 188=cut
189
190sub setup_local_lib_for {
191 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 192 $path = $class->ensure_dir_structure_for($path);
b5cc15f7 193 if ($0 eq '-') {
194 $class->print_environment_vars_for($path);
195 exit 0;
196 } else {
197 $class->setup_env_hash_for($path);
a9489cb0 198 @INC = _uniq(split($Config{path_sep}, $ENV{PERL5LIB}), @INC);
b5cc15f7 199 }
200}
201
b5cc15f7 202sub install_base_bin_path {
203 my ($class, $path) = @_;
204 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
205}
206
207sub install_base_perl_path {
208 my ($class, $path) = @_;
209 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'lib', 'perl5');
210}
211
212sub install_base_arch_path {
213 my ($class, $path) = @_;
214 File::Spec->catdir($class->install_base_perl_path($path), $Config{archname});
215}
216
217sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
218 my ($class, $path) = @_;
219 unless (-d $path) {
220 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
221 }
222 File::Path::mkpath($path);
53699c99 223 # Need to have the path exist to make a short name for it, so
224 # converting to a short name here.
225 $path = Win32::GetShortPathName($path) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
53699c99 226
227 return $path;
b5cc15f7 228}
229
c2447f35 230sub INTERPOLATE_ENV () { 1 }
231sub LITERAL_ENV () { 0 }
b5cc15f7 232
233sub print_environment_vars_for {
234 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 235 my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, LITERAL_ENV);
b5cc15f7 236 my $out = '';
1bc71e56 237
0353dbc0 238 # rather basic csh detection, goes on the assumption that something won't
239 # call itself csh unless it really is. also, default to bourne in the
240 # pathological situation where a user doesn't have $ENV{SHELL} defined.
241 # note also that shells with funny names, like zoid, are assumed to be
242 # bourne.
243 my $shellbin = 'sh';
244 if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
245 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
246 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
247 }
1bc71e56 248 my $shelltype = do {
249 local $_ = $shellbin;
b42496e0 250 if(/csh/) {
1bc71e56 251 'csh'
b42496e0 252 } else {
1bc71e56 253 'bourne'
254 }
255 };
256
f58534b1 257 # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
258 if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
53699c99 259 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
260 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
261 $shelltype = do {
262 local $_ = $shellbin;
263 if(/command\.com/) {
264 'win32'
265 } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
266 'win32'
267 } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
268 'win32'
269 } else {
270 $shelltype
271 }
272 };
273 }
274
b5cc15f7 275 while (@envs) {
276 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
277 $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g;
1bc71e56 278 $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
b5cc15f7 279 }
280 print $out;
281}
282
1bc71e56 283# simple routines that take two arguments: an %ENV key and a value. return
284# strings that are suitable for passing directly to the relevant shell to set
285# said key to said value.
286sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
287 my $class = shift;
288 my($name, $value) = @_;
289 return qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n};
290}
291
292sub build_csh_env_declaration {
293 my $class = shift;
294 my($name, $value) = @_;
295 return qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n};
296}
297
53699c99 298sub build_win32_env_declaration {
299 my $class = shift;
300 my($name, $value) = @_;
301 return qq{set ${name}=${value}\n};
302}
303
b5cc15f7 304sub setup_env_hash_for {
305 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 306 my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, INTERPOLATE_ENV);
b5cc15f7 307 @ENV{keys %envs} = values %envs;
308}
309
310sub build_environment_vars_for {
311 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
312 return (
e322149f 313 PERL_MB_OPT => "--install_base ${path}",
b5cc15f7 314 PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=${path}",
53699c99 315 PERL5LIB => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 316 $class->install_base_arch_path($path),
1b2a57eb 317 $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
03b91976 318 (($ENV{PERL5LIB}||()) ?
c2447f35 319 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
320 ? ($ENV{PERL5LIB})
53699c99 321 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PERL5LIB' : '%PERL5LIB%' ))
c2447f35 322 : ())
b5cc15f7 323 ),
53699c99 324 PATH => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 325 $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
c2447f35 326 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
03b91976 327 ? ($ENV{PATH}||())
53699c99 328 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PATH' : '%PATH%' ))
b5cc15f7 329 ),
330 )
331}
332
275c9dae 333=begin testing
334
335#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 336
337File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
338
4c375968 339$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
b5cc15f7 340
341ok(-d 't/var/splat');
342
275c9dae 343=end testing
344
898f36cf 345=encoding utf8
346
b5cc15f7 347=head1 NAME
348
349local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
350
351=head1 SYNOPSIS
352
353In code -
354
355 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
356
357 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
358
1bc71e56 359 # Or...
360 use FindBin;
361 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
362
b5cc15f7 363From the shell -
364
359329d3 365 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
366 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 367
0fb70b9a 368 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 369 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 370 export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'
b5cc15f7 371 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl'
372 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl/lib/perl5:/home/username/perl/lib/perl5/i386-linux'
373 export PATH="/home/username/perl/bin:$PATH"
374
322b0a0d 375=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 376
730f5dda 377A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
378"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
379hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
898f36cf 380local::lib in your home directory.
381
382If you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
383environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
384install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
385will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
386
04f8efde 387By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
388
898f36cf 389Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 390
730f5dda 3911. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
392on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
393or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
394convenient location.
715c31a0 395
730f5dda 3962. Run this:
715c31a0 397
730f5dda 398 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 399
730f5dda 400If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
401as possible, you would typically answer yes.
402
04f8efde 403In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
404to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
898f36cf 405
406 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
407
4083. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 409
410 make test && make install
411
898f36cf 4124. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
413starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
414any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
415way:
730f5dda 416
417 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
418
419If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
420
421 /bin/csh
422 echo $SHELL
618272fe 423 /bin/csh
730f5dda 424 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 425
898f36cf 426If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to give that as
427import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this way:
8b1e8e69 428
730f5dda 429 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 430
aab64481 431After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
898f36cf 432changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
433C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 434
b9c94c15 435If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
436limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
437installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
438
730f5dda 439 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 440
898f36cf 441To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
442same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
443applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
444installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 445
730f5dda 446 cd ~/mydir1
447 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
448 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 449 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 450 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
451 cd ../mydir2
452 ... REPEAT ...
453
454For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
455version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
456If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
457~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
458you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
459~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 460
461In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
462
730f5dda 463 use strict;
464 use warnings;
465 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
466 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 467
468Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
469
53699c99 470=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
471
76f30678 472To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
473C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
474
730f5dda 475 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 476 set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
730f5dda 477 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
478 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
479 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
480
898f36cf 481 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
730f5dda 482 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
483 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 484
485If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 486Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 487
488The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
489the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
9bc0788f 490(Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
53699c99 491directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
492and the subdirectories are created.
493
730f5dda 494=head1 RATIONALE
495
496The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
497need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
498need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
499this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
500are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
501around to packaging up the version you need.
502
503local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
504Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
505be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
506not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
507packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
508local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
509packages takes precedence over the system installation.
510
511If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
512worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
513of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
514installed by Debian.
515
618272fe 516=head1 DESCRIPTION
517
518This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
519module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
520prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
521appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 522environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
523configuration file.
524
525More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
526directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
527easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
528collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
529applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 530
531On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
532values:
533
534=over 4
535
e322149f 536=item PERL_MB_OPT
1bc71e56 537
538=item PERL_MM_OPT
539
540=item PERL5LIB
541
542=item PATH
543
544PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
545
546=back
547
548These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
549
b0c48f8e 550=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
551
a949ebcd 552See L<lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
d8b1a404 553there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
554build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 555
480e6e85 556=head1 METHODS
557
a949ebcd 558=head2 ensure_dir_structure_for
480e6e85 559
560=over 4
561
a949ebcd 562=item Arguments: $path
563
564=item Return value: None
480e6e85 565
566=back
567
568Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
569an exception on failure.
570
571=head2 print_environment_vars_for
572
573=over 4
574
a949ebcd 575=item Arguments: $path
576
577=item Return value: None
480e6e85 578
579=back
580
581Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
582given path as the base directory.
583
a949ebcd 584=head2 build_environment_vars_for
585
586=over 4
587
588=item Arguments: $path, $interpolate
589
590=item Return value: \%environment_vars
591
592=back
593
291b5a3a 594Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the
595given path as the base directory.
596
480e6e85 597=head2 setup_env_hash_for
598
599=over 4
600
a949ebcd 601=item Arguments: $path
602
603=item Return value: None
480e6e85 604
605=back
606
607Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
a949ebcd 608L</build_environment_vars_for>.
480e6e85 609
610=head2 install_base_perl_path
611
612=over 4
613
a949ebcd 614=item Arguments: $path
615
616=item Return value: $install_base_perl_path
480e6e85 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
a949ebcd 628=item Arguments: $path
629
630=item Return value: $install_base_arch_path
480e6e85 631
632=back
633
634Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
635modules for this local library installation. Based on the
636L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
637C<$Config{archname}>.
638
639=head2 install_base_bin_path
640
641=over 4
642
a949ebcd 643=item Arguments: $path
644
645=item Return value: $install_base_bin_path
480e6e85 646
647=back
648
649Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
650local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
651return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
652
480e6e85 653=head2 resolve_empty_path
654
655=over 4
656
a949ebcd 657=item Arguments: $path
658
659=item Return value: $base_path
480e6e85 660
661=back
662
663Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
664installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
665
666=head2 resolve_home_path
667
668=over 4
669
a949ebcd 670=item Arguments: $path
671
672=item Return value: $home_path
480e6e85 673
674=back
675
676Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
677for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
678
679=head2 resolve_relative_path
680
681=over 4
682
a949ebcd 683=item Arguments: $path
684
685=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 686
687=back
688
689Translates the given path into an absolute path.
690
691=head2 resolve_path
692
693=over 4
694
a949ebcd 695=item Arguments: $path
696
697=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 698
699=back
700
701Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
702next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
703library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
704L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
705L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
706L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
707L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
708L</resolve_path>.
709
0fb70b9a 710=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
711
712Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
713The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
714before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
715version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
716with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 717module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 718install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
719
dc8ddd06 720=head1 LIMITATIONS
721
47e70ca1 722The perl toolchain is unable to handle directory names with spaces in it,
a8e981cf 723so you cant put your local::lib bootstrap into a directory with spaces. What
724you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces B<after> you
725installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be aware that you
726cant update or install CPAN modules after the move.
47e70ca1 727
618272fe 728Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
729assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 730to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
731not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 732
733Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
734have CPANPLUS installed.
735
e322149f 736Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT.
dc8ddd06 737
e423efce 738Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
739
dc8ddd06 740Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 741
53699c99 742On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
743to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
744
9a021b2b 745=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
746
747If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
748home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
749-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
750permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
751/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
752error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
753you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
754
755To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
756
757Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
758
759Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
760
618272fe 761=head1 ENVIRONMENT
762
763=over 4
764
765=item SHELL
766
53699c99 767=item COMSPEC
768
618272fe 769local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
770commands to add to the shell configuration file.
771
53699c99 772On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
773
618272fe 774=back
775
cc19e8d4 776=head1 SUPPORT
777
778IRC:
779
780 Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
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
cc19e8d4 793Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
a949ebcd 794documentation and a L<german documentation|POD2::DE::local::lib> contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 795<torsten@raudssus.de>.
796
be160790 797Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 798things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
799writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
800submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
801properly. Many, many thanks!
802
803pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
804section. Many thanks!
be160790 805
53699c99 806Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
807
03b91976 808Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
809by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
810
1f8043c8 811Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
812'--self-contained' option.
813
76f30678 814Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
815David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
816
a949ebcd 817Brazilian L<portuguese translation|POD2::PT_BR::local::lib> and minor doc patches contributed by Breno
ccf362c0 818G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>.
819
7c0db165 820=head1 COPYRIGHT
821
cc19e8d4 822Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
7c0db165 823listed above.
824
b5cc15f7 825=head1 LICENSE
826
7c0db165 827This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
828as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 829
830=cut
831
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