NAME

Module::Install::Build - Extension Rules for Module::Build

VERSION

This document describes version 0.01 of Module::Install::Build, released March 1, 2003.

SYNOPSIS

In your Makefile.PL:

    use inc::Module::Install;
    &Build->write;

DESCRIPTION

This module is a wrapper around Module::Build.

The &Build-write> function will pass on keyword/value pair functions to Module::Build::create_build_script.

VERSION

Module::Build requires either the VERSION or VERSION_FROM parameter. If this module can guess the package's NAME, it will attempt to parse the VERSION from it.

If this module can't find a default for VERSION it will ask you to specify it manually.

MAKE TARGETS

Module::Build provides you with many useful make targets. A make target is the word you specify after make, like test for make test. Some of the more useful targets are:

• all

  This is the default target. When you type make it is the same as entering make all. This target builds all of your code and stages it in the blib directory.

• test

  Run your distribution's test suite.

• install

  Copy the contents of the blib directory into the appropriate directories in your Perl installation.

• dist

  Create a distribution tarball, ready for uploading to CPAN or sharing with a friend.

• clean distclean purge

  Remove the files created by perl Makefile.PL and make.

• help

  Same as typing perldoc Module::Build.

This module modifies the behaviour of some of these targets, depending on your requirements, and also adds the following targets to your Makefile:

• cpurge

  Just like purge, except that it also deletes the files originally added by this module itself.

• chelp

  Short cut for typing perldoc Module::Install.

• distsign

  Short cut for typing cpansign -s, for Module::Signature users to sign the distribution before release.

SEE ALSO

Module::Install, CPAN::MakeMaker, CPAN::MakeMaker-Philosophy

AUTHORS

Autrijus Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>

Based on original works by Brian Ingerson <INGY@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2003 by Autrijus Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>. Copyright (c) 2002. Brian Ingerson. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html