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/ Glib::MakeHelper

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_RUN => $runtime_reqs{MyLib},
                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.

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)

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.

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 occurences 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.

AUTHOR

Ross McFarland <rwmcfa1 at neces dot com>

hacked up and documented by muppet.