perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/lib
This will install the module's architecture-independent files into
-~/lib, the architecture-dependent files into ~/lib/$archname/auto.
+~/lib, the architecture-dependent files into ~/lib/$archname.
Another way to specify many INSTALL directories with a single
parameter is PREFIX.
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~
-This will replace the string specified by $Config{prefix} in all
-$Config{install*} values.
+This will replace the string specified by C<$Config{prefix}> in all
+C<$Config{install*}> values.
Note, that in both cases the tilde expansion is done by MakeMaker, not
-by perl by default, nor by make. Conflicts between parameters LIB,
-PREFIX and the various INSTALL* arguments are resolved such that
-INSTALL* takes precedence.
+by perl by default, nor by make.
+
+Conflicts between parameters LIB,
+PREFIX and the various INSTALL* arguments are resolved so that:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+setting LIB overrides any setting of INSTALLPRIVLIB, INSTALLARCHLIB,
+INSTALLSITELIB, INSTALLSITEARCH (and they are not affected by PREFIX);
+
+=item *
+
+without LIB, setting PREFIX replaces the initial C<$Config{prefix}>
+part of those INSTALL* arguments, even if the latter are explicitly
+set (but are set to still start with C<$Config{prefix}>).
+
+=back
If the user has superuser privileges, and is not working on AFS
-(Andrew File System) or relatives, then the defaults for
+or relatives, then the defaults for
INSTALLPRIVLIB, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLSCRIPT, etc. will be appropriate,
and this incantation will be the best:
=over 2
-=item AUTHOR
-
-String containing name (and email address) of package author(s). Is used
-in PPD (Perl Package Description) files for PPM (Perl Package Manager).
-
=item ABSTRACT
One line description of the module. Will be included in PPD file.
for a line in the POD matching /^($package\s-\s)(.*)/. This is typically
the first line in the "=head1 NAME" section. $2 becomes the abstract.
+=item AUTHOR
+
+String containing name (and email address) of package author(s). Is used
+in PPD (Perl Package Description) files for PPM (Perl Package Manager).
+
=item BINARY_LOCATION
Used when creating PPD files for binary packages. It can be set to a
Old name for INST_SCRIPT. Deprecated. Please use INST_SCRIPT if you
need to use it.
-=item INST_LIB
-
-Directory where we put library files of this extension while building
-it.
-
=item INST_HTMLLIBDIR
Directory to hold the man pages in HTML format at 'make' time
Directory to hold the man pages in HTML format at 'make' time
+=item INST_LIB
+
+Directory where we put library files of this extension while building
+it.
+
=item INST_MAN1DIR
Directory to hold the man pages at 'make' time
testing. make install will copy the files in INST_SCRIPT to
INSTALLSCRIPT.
-=item PERL_MALLOC_OK
-
-defaults to 0. Should be set to TRUE if the extension can work with
-the memory allocation routines substituted by the Perl malloc() subsystem.
-This should be applicable to most extensions with exceptions of those
-
-=over
-
-=item *
-
-with bugs in memory allocations which are caught by Perl's malloc();
-
-=item *
-
-which interact with the memory allocator in other ways than via
-malloc(), realloc(), free(), calloc(), sbrk() and brk();
-
-=item *
-
-which rely on special alignment which is not provided by Perl's malloc().
-
-=back
-
-B<NOTE.> Negligence to set this flag in I<any one> of loaded extension
-nullifies many advantages of Perl's malloc(), such as better usage of
-system resources, error detection, memory usage reporting, catchable failure
-of memory allocations, etc.
-
=item LDFROM
defaults to "$(OBJECT)" and is used in the ld command to specify
=item LIB
-LIB can only be set at C<perl Makefile.PL> time. It has the effect of
+LIB should only be set at C<perl Makefile.PL> time but is allowed as a
+MakeMaker argument. It has the effect of
setting both INSTALLPRIVLIB and INSTALLSITELIB to that value regardless any
+explicit setting of those arguments (or of PREFIX).
+INSTALLARCHLIB and INSTALLSITEARCH are set to the corresponding
+architecture subdirectory.
=item LIBPERL_A
string containing all object files, e.g. "tkpBind.o
tkpButton.o tkpCanvas.o"
+(Where BASEEXT is the last component of NAME, and OBJ_EXT is $Config{obj_ext}.)
+
=item OPTIMIZE
Defaults to C<-O>. Set it to C<-g> to turn debugging on. The flag is
=item PERL_ARCHLIB
-Same as above for architecture dependent files.
+Same as below, but for architecture dependent files.
=item PERL_LIB
Directory containing the Perl library to use.
+=item PERL_MALLOC_OK
+
+defaults to 0. Should be set to TRUE if the extension can work with
+the memory allocation routines substituted by the Perl malloc() subsystem.
+This should be applicable to most extensions with exceptions of those
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+with bugs in memory allocations which are caught by Perl's malloc();
+
+=item *
+
+which interact with the memory allocator in other ways than via
+malloc(), realloc(), free(), calloc(), sbrk() and brk();
+
+=item *
+
+which rely on special alignment which is not provided by Perl's malloc().
+
+=back
+
+B<NOTE.> Negligence to set this flag in I<any one> of loaded extension
+nullifies many advantages of Perl's malloc(), such as better usage of
+system resources, error detection, memory usage reporting, catchable failure
+of memory allocations, etc.
+
=item PERL_SRC
Directory containing the Perl source code (use of this should be
library. A libscan() method can be used to alter the behaviour.
Defining PM in the Makefile.PL will override PMLIBDIRS.
+(Where BASEEXT is the last component of NAME.)
+
=item POLLUTE
Release 5.005 grandfathered old global symbol names by providing preprocessor
( $VERSION ) = '$Revision: 1.222 $ ' =~ /\$Revision:\s+([^\s]+)/;
$FOO::VERSION = '1.10';
*FOO::VERSION = \'1.11';
+ our $VERSION = 1.2.3; # new for perl5.6.0
but these will fail:
local $VERSION = '1.02';
local $FOO::VERSION = '1.30';
+(Putting C<my> or C<local> on the preceding line will work o.k.)
+
The file named in VERSION_FROM is not added as a dependency to
Makefile. This is not really correct, but it would be a major pain
during development to have to rewrite the Makefile for any smallish
{ANY_TARGET => ANY_DEPENDECY, ...}
+(ANY_TARGET must not be given a double-colon rule by MakeMaker.)
+
=item dist
{TARFLAGS => 'cvfF', COMPRESS => 'gzip', SUFFIX => '.gz',
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