Module::Build::Tiny − A tiny replacement for Module::Build
version 0.039
use Module::Build::Tiny; Build_PL();
Many Perl distributions use a Build.PL file instead of a Makefile.PL file to drive distribution configuration, build, test and installation. Traditionally, Build.PL uses Module::Build as the underlying build system. This module provides a simple, lightweight, drop-in replacement.
Whereas Module::Build has over 6,700 lines of code; this module has less than 120, yet supports the features needed by most distributions.
Supported
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Pure Perl distributions |
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Building XS or C |
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Recursive test files |
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MYMETA |
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Man page generation |
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Generated code from PL files |
Not Supported
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Dynamic prerequisites |
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HTML documentation generation |
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Extending Module::Build::Tiny |
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Module sharedirs |
Directory structure
Your .pm and .pod files must be in lib/. Any executables must be in script/. Test files must be in t/. Dist sharedirs must be in share/.
These all work pretty much like their Module::Build equivalents.
perl Build.PL
Build [ build ]
Build test
Build install
This supports the following options:
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verbose |
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install_base |
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installdirs |
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prefix |
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install_path |
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destdir |
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uninst |
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config |
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pure-perl |
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create_packlist |
This module doesn’t support authoring. To develop modules using Module::Build::Tiny, usage of Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ModuleBuildTiny or App::ModuleBuildTiny is recommended.
Options can be provided in the "PERL_MB_OPT" environment variable the same way they can with Module::Build. This should be done during the configuration stage.
Incompatibilities
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Argument parsing |
Module::Build has an extremely permissive way of argument handling, Module::Build::Tiny only supports a (sane) subset of that. In particular, "./Build destdir=/foo" does not work, you will need to pass it as "./Build −−destdir=/foo".
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.modulebuildrc |
Module::Build::Tiny does not support .modulebuildrc files. In particular, this means that versions of local::lib older than 1.006008 may break with "ERROR: Can't create /usr/local/somepath". If the output of "perl −Mlocal::lib" contains "MODULEBUILDRC" but not "PERL_MB_OPT ", you will need to upgrade it to resolve this issue.
Module::Build
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Leon Timmermans <leont AT cpan DOT org> |
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David Golden <dagolden AT cpan DOT org> |
This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Leon Timmermans, David Golden.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.