Module::Build::Tiny(3) A tiny replacement for Module::Build

VERSION

version 0.039

SYNOPSIS


use Module::Build::Tiny;
Build_PL();

DESCRIPTION

Many Perl distributions use a Build.PL file instead of a Makefile.PL file to drive distribution configuration, build, test and installation. Traditionally, Build.PL uses Module::Build as the underlying build system. This module provides a simple, lightweight, drop-in replacement.

Whereas Module::Build has over 6,700 lines of code; this module has less than 120, yet supports the features needed by most distributions.

Supported

  • Pure Perl distributions
  • Building XS or C
  • Recursive test files
  • MYMETA
  • Man page generation
  • Generated code from PL files

Not Supported

  • Dynamic prerequisites
  • HTML documentation generation
  • Extending Module::Build::Tiny
  • Module sharedirs

Directory structure

Your .pm and .pod files must be in lib/. Any executables must be in script/. Test files must be in t/. Dist sharedirs must be in share/.

USAGE

These all work pretty much like their Module::Build equivalents.

perl Build.PL

Build [ build ]

Build test

Build install

This supports the following options:
  • verbose
  • install_base
  • installdirs
  • prefix
  • install_path
  • destdir
  • uninst
  • config
  • pure-perl
  • create_packlist

AUTHORING

This module doesn't support authoring. To develop modules using Module::Build::Tiny, usage of Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ModuleBuildTiny or App::ModuleBuildTiny is recommended.

CONFIG FILE AND ENVIRONMENT

Options can be provided in the "PERL_MB_OPT" environment variable the same way they can with Module::Build. This should be done during the configuration stage.

Incompatibilities

  • Argument parsing

    Module::Build has an extremely permissive way of argument handling, Module::Build::Tiny only supports a (sane) subset of that. In particular, "./Build destdir=/foo" does not work, you will need to pass it as "./Build --destdir=/foo".

  • .modulebuildrc

    Module::Build::Tiny does not support .modulebuildrc files. In particular, this means that versions of local::lib older than 1.006008 may break with "ERROR: Can't create /usr/local/somepath". If the output of "perl -Mlocal::lib" contains "MODULEBUILDRC" but not "PERL_MB_OPT ", you will need to upgrade it to resolve this issue.

AUTHORS

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Leon Timmermans, David Golden.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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