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ExtUtils::CBuilder(3pm)Perl Programmers Reference GuideExtUtils::CBuilder(3pm)

NAME
       ExtUtils::CBuilder - Compile and link C code for Perl modules

SYNOPSIS
	 use ExtUtils::CBuilder;

	 my $b = ExtUtils::CBuilder->new(%options);
	 $obj_file = $b->compile(source => 'MyModule.c');
	 $lib_file = $b->link(objects => $obj_file);

DESCRIPTION
       This module can build the C portions of Perl modules by invoking the
       appropriate compilers and linkers in a cross-platform manner.  It was
       motivated by the "Module::Build" project, but may be useful for other
       purposes as well.  However, it is not intended as a general cross-
       platform interface to all your C building needs.	 That would have been
       a much more ambitious goal!

METHODS
       new Returns a new "ExtUtils::CBuilder" object.  A "config" parameter
	   lets you override "Config.pm" settings for all operations performed
	   by the object, as in the following example:

	     # Use a different compiler than Config.pm says
	     my $b = ExtUtils::CBuilder->new( config =>
					      { ld => 'gcc' } );

	   A "quiet" parameter tells "CBuilder" to not print its "system()"
	   commands before executing them:

	     # Be quieter than normal
	     my $b = ExtUtils::CBuilder->new( quiet => 1 );

       have_compiler
	   Returns true if the current system has a working C compiler and
	   linker, false otherwise.  To determine this, we actually compile
	   and link a sample C library.	 The sample will be compiled in the
	   system tempdir or, if that fails for some reason, in the current
	   directory.

       compile
	   Compiles a C source file and produces an object file.  The name of
	   the object file is returned.	 The source file is specified in a
	   "source" parameter, which is required; the other parameters listed
	   below are optional.

	   "object_file"
	       Specifies the name of the output file to create.	 Otherwise the
	       "object_file()" method will be consulted, passing it the name
	       of the "source" file.

	   "include_dirs"
	       Specifies any additional directories in which to search for
	       header files.  May be given as a string indicating a single
	       directory, or as a list reference indicating multiple
	       directories.

	   "extra_compiler_flags"
	       Specifies any additional arguments to pass to the compiler.
	       Should be given as a list reference containing the arguments
	       individually, or if this is not possible, as a string
	       containing all the arguments together.

	   The operation of this method is also affected by the "archlibexp",
	   "cccdlflags", "ccflags", "optimize", and "cc" entries in
	   "Config.pm".

       link
	   Invokes the linker to produce a library file from object files.  In
	   scalar context, the name of the library file is returned.  In list
	   context, the library file and any temporary files created are
	   returned.  A required "objects" parameter contains the name of the
	   object files to process, either in a string (for one object file)
	   or list reference (for one or more files).  The following
	   parameters are optional:

	   lib_file
	       Specifies the name of the output library file to create.
	       Otherwise the "lib_file()" method will be consulted, passing it
	       the name of the first entry in "objects".

	   module_name
	       Specifies the name of the Perl module that will be created by
	       linking.	 On platforms that need to do prelinking (Win32, OS/2,
	       etc.) this is a required parameter.

	   extra_linker_flags
	       Any additional flags you wish to pass to the linker.

	   On platforms where "need_prelink()" returns true, "prelink()" will
	   be called automatically.

	   The operation of this method is also affected by the "lddlflags",
	   "shrpenv", and "ld" entries in "Config.pm".

       link_executable
	   Invokes the linker to produce an executable file from object files.
	   In scalar context, the name of the executable file is returned.  In
	   list context, the executable file and any temporary files created
	   are returned.  A required "objects" parameter contains the name of
	   the object files to process, either in a string (for one object
	   file) or list reference (for one or more files).  The optional
	   parameters are the same as "link" with exception for

	   exe_file
	       Specifies the name of the output executable file to create.
	       Otherwise the "exe_file()" method will be consulted, passing it
	       the name of the first entry in "objects".

       object_file
	    my $object_file = $b->object_file($source_file);

	   Converts the name of a C source file to the most natural name of an
	   output object file to create from it.  For instance, on Unix the
	   source file foo.c would result in the object file foo.o.

       lib_file
	    my $lib_file = $b->lib_file($object_file);

	   Converts the name of an object file to the most natural name of a
	   output library file to create from it.  For instance, on Mac OS X
	   the object file foo.o would result in the library file foo.bundle.

       exe_file
	    my $exe_file = $b->exe_file($object_file);

	   Converts the name of an object file to the most natural name of an
	   executable file to create from it.  For instance, on Mac OS X the
	   object file foo.o would result in the executable file foo, and on
	   Windows it would result in foo.exe.

       prelink
	   On certain platforms like Win32, OS/2, VMS, and AIX, it is
	   necessary to perform some actions before invoking the linker.  The
	   "ExtUtils::Mksymlists" module does this, writing files used by the
	   linker during the creation of shared libraries for dynamic
	   extensions.	The names of any files written will be returned as a
	   list.

	   Several parameters correspond to
	   "ExtUtils::Mksymlists::Mksymlists()" options, as follows:

	       Mksymlists()   prelink()		 type
	      -------------|-------------------|-------------------
	       NAME	   |  dl_name	       | string (required)
	       DLBASE	   |  dl_base	       | string
	       FILE	   |  dl_file	       | string
	       DL_VARS	   |  dl_vars	       | array reference
	       DL_FUNCS	   |  dl_funcs	       | hash reference
	       FUNCLIST	   |  dl_func_list     | array reference
	       IMPORTS	   |  dl_imports       | hash reference
	       VERSION	   |  dl_version       | string

	   Please see the documentation for "ExtUtils::Mksymlists" for the
	   details of what these parameters do.

       need_prelink
	   Returns true on platforms where "prelink()" should be called during
	   linking, and false otherwise.

       extra_link_args_after_prelink
	   Returns list of extra arguments to give to the link command; the
	   arguments are the same as for prelink(), with addition of array
	   reference to the results of prelink(); this reference is indexed by
	   key "prelink_res".

TO DO
       Currently this has only been tested on Unix and doesn't contain any of
       the Windows-specific code from the "Module::Build" project.  I'll do
       that next.

HISTORY
       This module is an outgrowth of the "Module::Build" project, to which
       there have been many contributors.  Notably, Randy W. Sims submitted
       lots of code to support 3 compilers on Windows and helped with various
       other platform-specific issues.	Ilya Zakharevich has contributed fixes
       for OS/2; John E. Malmberg and Peter Prymmer have done likewise for
       VMS.

AUTHOR
       Ken Williams, kwilliams@cpan.org

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Ken Williams.  All rights reserved.

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

SEE ALSO
       perl(1), Module::Build(3)

perl v5.10.1			  2009-07-06	       ExtUtils::CBuilder(3pm)
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