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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
f1745271 14our $VERSION = '1.007000'; # 1.7.0
1f8043c8 15
16our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained);
b5cc15f7 17
18sub import {
0fb70b9a 19 my ($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
c4e3c83b 233sub guess_shelltype {
0353dbc0 234 my $shellbin = 'sh';
235 if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
236 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
237 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
238 }
1bc71e56 239 my $shelltype = do {
240 local $_ = $shellbin;
b42496e0 241 if(/csh/) {
1bc71e56 242 'csh'
b42496e0 243 } else {
1bc71e56 244 'bourne'
245 }
246 };
247
f58534b1 248 # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
249 if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
53699c99 250 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
251 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
252 $shelltype = do {
253 local $_ = $shellbin;
254 if(/command\.com/) {
255 'win32'
256 } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
257 'win32'
258 } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
259 'win32'
260 } else {
261 $shelltype
262 }
263 };
264 }
c4e3c83b 265 return $shelltype;
266}
267
268sub print_environment_vars_for {
269 my ($class, $path) = @_;
270 my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, LITERAL_ENV);
271 my $out = '';
272
273 # rather basic csh detection, goes on the assumption that something won't
274 # call itself csh unless it really is. also, default to bourne in the
275 # pathological situation where a user doesn't have $ENV{SHELL} defined.
276 # note also that shells with funny names, like zoid, are assumed to be
277 # bourne.
278
279 my $shelltype = $class->guess_shelltype;
53699c99 280
b5cc15f7 281 while (@envs) {
282 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
283 $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g;
1bc71e56 284 $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
b5cc15f7 285 }
286 print $out;
287}
288
1bc71e56 289# simple routines that take two arguments: an %ENV key and a value. return
290# strings that are suitable for passing directly to the relevant shell to set
291# said key to said value.
292sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
293 my $class = shift;
294 my($name, $value) = @_;
295 return qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n};
296}
297
298sub build_csh_env_declaration {
299 my $class = shift;
300 my($name, $value) = @_;
301 return qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n};
302}
303
53699c99 304sub build_win32_env_declaration {
305 my $class = shift;
306 my($name, $value) = @_;
307 return qq{set ${name}=${value}\n};
308}
309
b5cc15f7 310sub setup_env_hash_for {
311 my ($class, $path) = @_;
c2447f35 312 my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, INTERPOLATE_ENV);
b5cc15f7 313 @ENV{keys %envs} = values %envs;
314}
315
316sub build_environment_vars_for {
317 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
318 return (
e322149f 319 PERL_MB_OPT => "--install_base ${path}",
b5cc15f7 320 PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=${path}",
53699c99 321 PERL5LIB => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 322 $class->install_base_arch_path($path),
1b2a57eb 323 $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
03b91976 324 (($ENV{PERL5LIB}||()) ?
c2447f35 325 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
326 ? ($ENV{PERL5LIB})
53699c99 327 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PERL5LIB' : '%PERL5LIB%' ))
c2447f35 328 : ())
b5cc15f7 329 ),
53699c99 330 PATH => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 331 $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
c2447f35 332 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
03b91976 333 ? ($ENV{PATH}||())
53699c99 334 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PATH' : '%PATH%' ))
b5cc15f7 335 ),
336 )
337}
338
275c9dae 339=begin testing
340
341#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 342
343File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
344
4c375968 345$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
b5cc15f7 346
347ok(-d 't/var/splat');
348
275c9dae 349=end testing
350
898f36cf 351=encoding utf8
352
b5cc15f7 353=head1 NAME
354
355local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
356
357=head1 SYNOPSIS
358
359In code -
360
361 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
362
363 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
364
1bc71e56 365 # Or...
366 use FindBin;
367 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
368
b5cc15f7 369From the shell -
370
359329d3 371 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
372 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 373
0fb70b9a 374 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 375 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 376 export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'
c4e3c83b 377 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5'
378 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5/i386-linux:/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5'
379 export PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH"
b5cc15f7 380
322b0a0d 381=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 382
730f5dda 383A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
384"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
385hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
898f36cf 386local::lib in your home directory.
387
388If you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
389environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
390install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
391will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
392
04f8efde 393By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
394
898f36cf 395Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 396
730f5dda 3971. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
398on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
399or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
400convenient location.
715c31a0 401
730f5dda 4022. Run this:
715c31a0 403
730f5dda 404 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 405
730f5dda 406If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
407as possible, you would typically answer yes.
408
04f8efde 409In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
410to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
898f36cf 411
412 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
413
4143. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 415
416 make test && make install
417
898f36cf 4184. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
419starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
420any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
421way:
730f5dda 422
423 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
424
425If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
426
427 /bin/csh
428 echo $SHELL
618272fe 429 /bin/csh
730f5dda 430 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 431
898f36cf 432If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to give that as
433import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this way:
8b1e8e69 434
730f5dda 435 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 436
aab64481 437After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
898f36cf 438changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
439C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 440
b9c94c15 441If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
442limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
443installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
444
730f5dda 445 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 446
898f36cf 447To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
448same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
449applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
450installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 451
730f5dda 452 cd ~/mydir1
453 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
454 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 455 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 456 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
457 cd ../mydir2
458 ... REPEAT ...
459
460For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
461version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
462If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
463~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
464you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
465~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 466
467In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
468
730f5dda 469 use strict;
470 use warnings;
471 use local::lib "$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
e322149f 482 set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
730f5dda 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
898f36cf 487 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
730f5dda 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"
9bc0788f 496(Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
53699c99 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
e322149f 542=item PERL_MB_OPT
1bc71e56 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
a949ebcd 558See L<lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
d8b1a404 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
a949ebcd 564=head2 ensure_dir_structure_for
480e6e85 565
566=over 4
567
a949ebcd 568=item Arguments: $path
569
570=item Return value: None
480e6e85 571
572=back
573
574Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
575an exception on failure.
576
577=head2 print_environment_vars_for
578
579=over 4
580
a949ebcd 581=item Arguments: $path
582
583=item Return value: None
480e6e85 584
585=back
586
587Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
588given path as the base directory.
589
a949ebcd 590=head2 build_environment_vars_for
591
592=over 4
593
594=item Arguments: $path, $interpolate
595
596=item Return value: \%environment_vars
597
598=back
599
291b5a3a 600Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the
601given path as the base directory.
602
480e6e85 603=head2 setup_env_hash_for
604
605=over 4
606
a949ebcd 607=item Arguments: $path
608
609=item Return value: None
480e6e85 610
611=back
612
613Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
a949ebcd 614L</build_environment_vars_for>.
480e6e85 615
616=head2 install_base_perl_path
617
618=over 4
619
a949ebcd 620=item Arguments: $path
621
622=item Return value: $install_base_perl_path
480e6e85 623
624=back
625
626Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
627library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
628path.
629
630=head2 install_base_arch_path
631
632=over 4
633
a949ebcd 634=item Arguments: $path
635
636=item Return value: $install_base_arch_path
480e6e85 637
638=back
639
640Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
641modules for this local library installation. Based on the
642L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
643C<$Config{archname}>.
644
645=head2 install_base_bin_path
646
647=over 4
648
a949ebcd 649=item Arguments: $path
650
651=item Return value: $install_base_bin_path
480e6e85 652
653=back
654
655Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
656local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
657return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
658
480e6e85 659=head2 resolve_empty_path
660
661=over 4
662
a949ebcd 663=item Arguments: $path
664
665=item Return value: $base_path
480e6e85 666
667=back
668
669Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
670installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
671
672=head2 resolve_home_path
673
674=over 4
675
a949ebcd 676=item Arguments: $path
677
678=item Return value: $home_path
480e6e85 679
680=back
681
682Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
683for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
684
685=head2 resolve_relative_path
686
687=over 4
688
a949ebcd 689=item Arguments: $path
690
691=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 692
693=back
694
695Translates the given path into an absolute path.
696
697=head2 resolve_path
698
699=over 4
700
a949ebcd 701=item Arguments: $path
702
703=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 704
705=back
706
707Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
708next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
709library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
710L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
711L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
712L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
713L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
714L</resolve_path>.
715
0fb70b9a 716=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
717
718Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
719The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
720before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
721version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
722with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 723module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 724install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
725
dc8ddd06 726=head1 LIMITATIONS
727
47e70ca1 728The perl toolchain is unable to handle directory names with spaces in it,
a8e981cf 729so you cant put your local::lib bootstrap into a directory with spaces. What
730you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces B<after> you
731installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be aware that you
732cant update or install CPAN modules after the move.
47e70ca1 733
618272fe 734Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
735assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 736to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
737not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 738
739Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
740have CPANPLUS installed.
741
e322149f 742Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT.
dc8ddd06 743
e423efce 744Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
745
dc8ddd06 746Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 747
53699c99 748On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
749to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
750
9a021b2b 751=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
752
753If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
754home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
755-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
756permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
757/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
758error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
759you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
760
761To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
762
763Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
764
765Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
766
618272fe 767=head1 ENVIRONMENT
768
769=over 4
770
771=item SHELL
772
53699c99 773=item COMSPEC
774
618272fe 775local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
776commands to add to the shell configuration file.
777
53699c99 778On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
779
618272fe 780=back
781
cc19e8d4 782=head1 SUPPORT
783
784IRC:
785
786 Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
787
b5cc15f7 788=head1 AUTHOR
789
790Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
791
d6b71a2d 792auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
793
b5c1154d 794=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
795
796Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
797documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
798
cc19e8d4 799Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
a949ebcd 800documentation and a L<german documentation|POD2::DE::local::lib> contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 801<torsten@raudssus.de>.
802
be160790 803Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 804things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
805writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
806submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
807properly. Many, many thanks!
808
809pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
810section. Many thanks!
be160790 811
53699c99 812Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
813
03b91976 814Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
815by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
816
1f8043c8 817Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
818'--self-contained' option.
819
76f30678 820Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
821David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
822
a949ebcd 823Brazilian L<portuguese translation|POD2::PT_BR::local::lib> and minor doc patches contributed by Breno
ccf362c0 824G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>.
825
7c0db165 826=head1 COPYRIGHT
827
cc19e8d4 828Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
7c0db165 829listed above.
830
b5cc15f7 831=head1 LICENSE
832
7c0db165 833This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
834as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 835
836=cut
837
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