Glib::MakeHelper(3pm) User Contributed Perl DocumentationGlib::MakeHelper(3pm)
NAME
Glib::MakeHelper - Makefile.PL utilities for Glib-based extensions
SYNOPSIS
eval "use Glib::MakeHelper; 1"
or complain_that_glib_is_too_old_and_die();
%xspod_files = Glib::MakeHelper->do_pod_files (@xs_files);
package MY;
sub postamble {
return Glib::MakeHelper->postamble_clean ()
. Glib::MakeHelper->postamble_docs (@main::xs_files)
. Glib::MakeHelper->postamble_rpms (
MYLIB => $build_reqs{MyLib},
);
}
DESCRIPTION
The Makefile.PL for your typical Glib-based module is huge and hairy,
thanks to all the crazy hoops you have to jump through to get things
right. This module wraps up some of the more intense and error-prone
bits to reduce the amount of copied code and potential for errors.
METHODS
HASH = Glib::MakeHelper->do_pod_files (@xs_files)
Scan the @xs_files and return a hash describing the pod files that
will be created. This is in the format wanted by WriteMakefile().
If @ARGV contains the string "disable-apidoc" an empty list will be
returned and thus no apidoc pod will be generated speeding up the
build process.
LIST = Glib::MakeHelper->select_files_by_version ($stem, $major,
$minor)
Returns a list of all files that match "$stem-\d+\.\d+" and for
which the first number is bigger than $major and the second number
is bigger than $minor. If $minor is odd, it will be incremented by
one so that the version number of an upcoming stable release can be
used during development as well.
LIST = Glib::MakeHelper->read_source_list_file ($filename)
Reads $filename, removes all comments (starting with "#") and
leading and trailing whitespace, and returns a list of all lines
that survived the treatment.
string = Glib::MakeHelper->get_configure_requires_yaml
(%module_to_version)
Generates YAML code that lists every module found in
%module_to_version under the "configure_requires" key. This can be
used with ExtUtils::MakeMaker's "EXTRA_META" parameter to specify
which modules are needed at Makefile.PL time.
This function is deprecated since ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.46 removed
support for "EXTRA_META" in favor of the new keys "META_MERGE" and
"META_ADD".
string = Glib::MakeHelper->postamble_clean (@files)
Create and return the text of a realclean rule that cleans up after
much of the autogeneration performed by Glib-based modules.
Everything in @files will be deleted, too (it may be empty).
The reasoning behind using this instead of just having you use the
'clean' or 'realclean' keys is that this avoids you having to
remember to put Glib's stuff in your Makefile.PL's WriteMakefile
arguments.
string = Glib::MakeHelper->postamble_docs (@xs_files)
NOTE: this is The Old Way. see postamble_docs_full for The New
Way.
Create and return the text of Makefile rules to build documentation
from the XS files with Glib::ParseXSDoc and Glib::GenPod.
Use this in your MY::postamble to enable autogeneration of POD.
This updates dependencies with the list of pod names generated by
an earlier run of "do_pod_files".
There is a special Makefile variable POD_DEPENDS that should be set
to the list of files that need to be created before the doc.pl step
is run, include files.
There is also a variable BLIB_DONE which should be used as a
dependency anywhere a rule needs to be sure that a loadable and
working module resides in the blib directory before running.
string = Glib::MakeHelper->postamble_docs_full (...)
Create and return the text of Makefile rules to build documentation
from the XS files with Glib::ParseXSDoc and Glib::GenPod.
Use this in your MY::postamble to enable autogeneration of POD.
This updates dependencies with the list of pod names generated by
an earlier run of "do_pod_files".
There is a special Makefile variable POD_DEPENDS that should be set
to the list of files that need to be created before the doc.pl step
is run, include files.
There is also a variable BLIB_DONE which should be used as a
dependency anywhere a rule needs to be sure that a loadable and
working module resides in the blib directory before running.
The parameters are a list of key=>value pairs. You must specify at
minimum either DEPENDS or XS_FILES.
DEPENDS => ExtUtils::Depends object
Most gtk2-perl modules use ExtUtils::Depends to find headers,
typemaps, and other data from parent modules and to install
this data for child modules. We can find from this object the
list of XS files to scan for documentation, doctype mappings
for parent modules, and other goodies.
XS_FILES => \@xs_file_names
A list of xs files to scan for documentation. Ignored if
DEPENDS is used.
DOCTYPES => \@doctypes_file_names
List of filenames to pass to "Glib::GenPod::add_types". May be
omitted.
COPYRIGHT => string
POD text to be inserted in the 'COPYRIGHT' section of each
generated page. May be omitted.
COPYRIGHT_FROM => file name
The name of a file containing the POD to be inserted in the
'COPYRIGHT' section of each generated page. May be omitted.
NAME => extension name
The name of the extension, used to set the main mod for
Glib::GenPod (used in the generated see-also listings). May be
omitted in favor of the name held inside the ExtUtils::Depends
object. If DEPENDS is also specified, NAME wins.
string = Glib::MakeHelper->postamble_rpms (HASH)
Create and return the text of Makefile rules to manage building
RPMs. You'd put this in your Makefile.PL's MY::postamble.
HASH is a set of search and replace keys for the spec file. All
occurrences of @key@ in the spec file template
perl-$(DISTNAME).spec.in will be replaced with value. 'VERSION'
and 'SOURCE' are supplied for you. For example:
Glib::MakeHelper->postamble_rpms (
MYLIB => 2.0.0, # we can work with anything from this up
MYLIB_RUN => 2.3.1, # we are actually compiled against this one
PERL_GLIB => 1.01, # you must have this version of Glib
);
will replace @MYLIB@, @MYLIB_RUN@, and @PERL_GLIB@ in spec file.
See the build setups for Glib and Gtk2 for examples.
Note: This function just returns an empty string on Win32.
string = Glib::MakeHelper->postamble_precompiled_headers (@headers)
Create and return the text of Makefile rules for a
'precompiled-headers' target that precompiles @headers. If you
call this before you call "postamble_clean", all temporary files
will be removed by the 'realclean' target.
NOTICE
The MakeMaker distributed with perl 5.8.x generates makefiles with a
bug that causes object files to be created in the wrong directory.
There is an override inserted by this module under the name
MY::const_cccmd to fix this issue.
AUTHOR
Ross McFarland <rwmcfa1 at neces dot com>
hacked up and documented by muppet.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2003-2004, 2012 by the gtk2-perl team
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the Lesser General Public License (LGPL). For more
information, see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/lgpl.txt
perl v5.36.0 2022-10-19 Glib::MakeHelper(3pm)
Generated by dwww version 1.15 on Mon Jul 1 04:32:36 CEST 2024.