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MakeHelper(3pm)	      User Contributed Perl Documentation      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
	   dependancy 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
	   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.

       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 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 v5.10.0			  2009-11-05		       MakeHelper(3pm)
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