Alien::Build::Plugin::Build::Autoconf - Autoconf plugin for Alien::Build
version 0.44
use alienfile; plugin 'Build::Autoconf' => ();
This plugin provides some tools for building projects that use autoconf. The main thing this provides is a configure helper, documented below and the default build stage, which is:
configure
'%{configure} --disable-shared', '%{make}', '%{make} install',
On Windows, this plugin also pulls in the Alien::Build::Plugin::Build::MSYS which is required for autoconf style projects on windows.
The other thing that this plugin does is that it does a double staged DESTDIR install. The author has found this improves the overall reliability of Alien modules that are based on autoconf packages.
DESTDIR
Adds --with-pic option when running configure. If supported by your package, it will generate position independent code on platforms that support it. This is required to XS modules, and generally what you want.
--with-pic
autoconf normally ignores options that it does not understand, so it is usually a safe and reasonable default to include it. A small number of projects look like they use autoconf, but are really an autoconf style interface with a different implementation. They may fail if you try to provide it with options such as --with-pic that they do not recognize. Such packages are the rationale for this property.
%{configure}
The correct incantation to start an autoconf style configure script on your platform. Some reasonable default flags will be provided.
Alien::Build::Plugin::MSYS, Alien::Build::Plugin, Alien::Build, Alien::Base, Alien
https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html
Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
Contributors:
Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)
Roy Storey
This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Graham Ollis.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
To install Alien::Build, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Alien::Build
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Alien::Build
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.