Alien::Build::Plugin::Prefer::GoodVersion(3)
                                           User Contributed Perl Documentation


NAME
       Alien::Build::Plugin::Prefer::GoodVersion - Plugin to filter known good
       versions

VERSION
       version 2.80

SYNOPSIS
        use alienfile;
        plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => '1.2.3';

DESCRIPTION
       This plugin allows you to specify one or more good versions of a
       library.  This doesn't affect a system install at all.  This plugin
       does the opposite of the "Prefer::BadVersion" plugin.  You need need a
       Prefer plugin that filters and sorts files first.  You may specify the
       filter in one of three ways:

       as a string
           Filter any files that match the given version.

            use alienfile;
            plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => '1.2.3';

       as an array
           Filter all files that match any of the given versions.

            use alienfile;
            plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => [ '1.2.3', '1.2.4' ];

       as a code reference
           Filter any files return a true value.

            use alienfile;
            plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => sub {
              my($file) = @_;
              $file->{version} eq '1.2.3'; # same as the string version above
            };

       This plugin can also be used to filter known good versions of a library
       on just one platform.  For example, if you know that version 1.2.3 if
       good on windows, but the default logic is fine on other platforms:

        use alienfile;
        plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => '1.2.3' if $^O eq 'MSWin32';

PROPERTIES
   filter
       Filter entries that match the filter.

CAVEATS
       If you are using the string or array mode, then you need an existing
       Prefer plugin that sets the version number for each file candidate,
       such as Alien::Build::Plugin::Prefer::SortVersions.

       Unless you want to exclude the latest version from a share install,
       this plugin isn't really that useful.  It has no effect on system
       installs, which may not be obvious at first.

SEE ALSO
       alienfile
       Alien::Build
       Alien::Build::Plugin::Prefer::SortVersions

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::Plugin::Prefer::GoodVersion(3)