NAME

Alien::Build::MB - Alien::Build installer class for Module::Build

VERSION

version 0.09

SYNOPSIS

In your Build.PL:

 use Alien::Build::MB;
 
 Alien::Build::MB->new(
   module_name => 'Alien::MyLibrary',
   ...
 );

DESCRIPTION

This is a Module::Build subclass that uses Alien::Build to help create Alien distributions. The author recommends Alien::Build::MM, which uses ExtUtils::MakeMaker instead. The primary rationale for this class, is to prove independence from any particular installer, so that other installers may be added in the future if they become available. If you really do prefer to work with Module::Build though, this may be the installer for you!

CONSTRUCTOR

new

 my $abmb = Alien::Build::MB->new(%args);

Takes the usual Module::Build arguments.

PROPERTIES

All Alien::Build::MB specific properties have a alien_ prefix.

alien_alienfile_meta

If true (the default), then extra meta will be stored in x_alienfile which includes the share and system prereqs.

METHODS

alien_build

 my $build = $abmb->alien_build;

Returns a freshly deserialized instance of Alien::Build. If you make any changes to this object's install_prop or runtime_prop properties be sure that you also call $build->checkpoint!

ACTIONS

These actions should automatically be called during the normal install process. For debugging you may want to call them separately.

ACTION_alien_download

 ./Build alien_download

Downloads the package from the internet. For a system install this does not do anything.

ACTION_alien_build

 ./Build alien_build

Build the package from source.

ACTION_alien_test

 ./Build alien_test

Run the package tests, if there are any.

SEE ALSO

Alien::Build, Alien::Build::MM, Alien::Base::ModuleBuild

AUTHOR

Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017-2022 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.