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.IX Title "Alien::Build::Manual::Alien 3"
.TH Alien::Build::Manual::Alien 3 2023-07-25 "perl v5.38.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Alien::Build::Manual::Alien \- General alien author documentation
.SH VERSION
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version 2.80
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The goal of the Alien namespace is to provide non-CPAN dependencies (so called "Alien" dependencies) for
CPAN modules. The history and intent of this idea is documented in the documentation-only Alien module.
The \f(CW\*(C`Alien\-Build\*(C'\fR distribution provides a framework for building aliens. The intent is to fix bugs and
enhance the interface of a number of common tools so that all aliens may benefit. The distribution is broken
up into these parts:
.IP "The Alien Installer (configure / build-time)" 4
.IX Item "The Alien Installer (configure / build-time)"
Alien::Build and alienfile are used to detect and install aliens. They are further documented in
Alien::Build::Manual::AlienAuthor.
.IP "The Alien Runtime (runtime)" 4
.IX Item "The Alien Runtime (runtime)"
Alien::Base is the base class for aliens in the \f(CW\*(C`Alien\-Build\*(C'\fR system. Its use by Alien consumers
is documented in Alien::Build::Manual::AlienUser.
.IP "The Plugin system (configure / build-time)" 4
.IX Item "The Plugin system (configure / build-time)"
Because many packages are implemented using different tools, the detection, build and install logic
for a particular Alien can vary a lot.  As such, much of Alien::Build is implemented as a
series of plugins that inherit from Alien::Build::Plugin.  An overview of building your own
plugins is documented in Alien::Build::Manual::PluginAuthor.
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Additional useful documentation may be found here:
.IP FAQ 4
.IX Item "FAQ"
Alien::Build::Manual::FAQ
.IP Contributing 4
.IX Item "Contributing"
Alien::Build::Manual::Contributing
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
.IP Alien::Build::Manual 4
.IX Item "Alien::Build::Manual"
Other Alien::Build manuals.
.SH AUTHOR
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Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
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Contributors:
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Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)
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Roy Storey (KIWIROY)
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Ilya Pavlov
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David Mertens (run4flat)
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Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg)
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Christian Walde (Mithaldu)
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Brian Wightman (MidLifeXis)
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Zaki Mughal (zmughal)
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mohawk (mohawk2, ETJ)
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Vikas N Kumar (vikasnkumar)
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Flavio Poletti (polettix)
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Salvador Fandiño (salva)
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Gianni Ceccarelli (dakkar)
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Pavel Shaydo (zwon, trinitum)
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Kang-min Liu (劉康民, gugod)
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Nicholas Shipp (nshp)
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Juan Julián Merelo Guervós (JJ)
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Joel Berger (JBERGER)
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Petr Písař (ppisar)
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Lance Wicks (LANCEW)
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Ahmad Fatoum (a3f, ATHREEF)
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José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA)
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Duke Leto (LETO)
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Shoichi Kaji (SKAJI)
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Shawn Laffan (SLAFFAN)
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Paul Evans (leonerd, PEVANS)
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Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)
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nick nauwelaerts (INPHOBIA)
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Florian Weimer
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
This software is copyright (c) 2011\-2022 by Graham Ollis.
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This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.