Alien::Build::Manual::Alien(3)             User Contributed Perl Documentation


NAME
       Alien::Build::Manual::Alien - General alien author documentation

VERSION
       version 2.80

SYNOPSIS
        perldoc Alien::Build::Manual::Alien

DESCRIPTION
       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
       "Alien-Build" 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:

       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.

       The Alien Runtime (runtime)
           Alien::Base is the base class for aliens in the "Alien-Build"
           system. Its use by Alien consumers is documented in
           Alien::Build::Manual::AlienUser.

       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.

       Additional useful documentation may be found here:

       FAQ Alien::Build::Manual::FAQ

       Contributing
           Alien::Build::Manual::Contributing

SEE ALSO
       Alien::Build::Manual
           Other Alien::Build manuals.

AUTHOR
       Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

       Contributors:

       Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)

       Roy Storey (KIWIROY)

       Ilya Pavlov

       David Mertens (run4flat)

       Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg)

       Christian Walde (Mithaldu)

       Brian Wightman (MidLifeXis)

       Zaki Mughal (zmughal)

       mohawk (mohawk2, ETJ)

       Vikas N Kumar (vikasnkumar)

       Flavio Poletti (polettix)

       Salvador Fandino (salva)

       Gianni Ceccarelli (dakkar)

       Pavel Shaydo (zwon, trinitum)

       Kang-min Liu (<?><?><?>, gugod)

       Nicholas Shipp (nshp)

       Juan Julian Merelo Guervos (JJ)

       Joel Berger (JBERGER)

       Petr Pisar (ppisar)

       Lance Wicks (LANCEW)

       Ahmad Fatoum (a3f, ATHREEF)

       Jose Joaquin Atria (JJATRIA)

       Duke Leto (LETO)

       Shoichi Kaji (SKAJI)

       Shawn Laffan (SLAFFAN)

       Paul Evans (leonerd, PEVANS)

       Hakon Haegland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)

       nick nauwelaerts (INPHOBIA)

       Florian Weimer

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       This software is copyright (c) 2011-2022 by Graham Ollis.

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

perl v5.38.0                      2023-07-25    Alien::Build::Manual::Alien(3)