FFI::Build::MM(3)

NAME
FFI::Build::MM - FFI::Build installer code for ExtUtils::MakeMaker

VERSION
version 2.10

SYNOPSIS
In your Makefile.PL:

 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 use FFI::Build::MM;

 my $fbmm = FFI::Build::MM->new;

 WriteMakefile($fbmm->mm_args(
   ABSTRACT     => 'My FFI extension',
   DISTNAME     => 'Foo-Bar-Baz-FFI',
   NAME         => 'Foo::Bar::Baz::FFI',
   VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Foo/Bar/Baz/FFI.pm',
   ...
 ));

 sub MY::postamble {
   $fbmm->mm_postamble;
 }

Then put the C, C++ or Fortran files in "./ffi" for your runtime library and "./t/ffi" for your test time library.

DESCRIPTION
This module provides a thin layer between FFI::Build and ExtUtils::MakeMaker. Its interface is influenced by the design of Alien::Build::MM. The idea is that for your distribution you throw some C, C++ or Fortran source files into a directory called "ffi" and these files will be compiled and linked into a library that can be used by your module. There is a control file "ffi/*.fbx" which can be used to control the compiler and linker options. (options passed directly into FFI::Build). The interface for this file is still under development.

CONSTRUCTOR

  new
 my $fbmm = FFI::Build::MM->new;

Create a new instance of FFI::Build::MM.

METHODS

  mm_args
 my %new_args = $fbmm->mm_args(%old_args);

This method does two things:

reads the arguments to determine sensible defaults (library name, install location, etc).
adjusts the arguments as necessary and returns an updated set of arguments.

  mm_postamble
 my $postamble = $fbmm->mm_postamble;

This returns the Makefile postamble used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker. The synopsis above for how to invoke it properly. It adds the following Make targets:

fbx_build / ffi
    build the main runtime library in "./ffi".

fbx_test / ffi-test
    Build the test library in "./t/ffi".

fbx_clean / ffi-clean
    Clean any runtime or test libraries already built.

Normally you do not need to build these targets manually, they will be built automatically at the appropriate stage.

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

Contributors:

Bakkiaraj Murugesan (bakkiaraj)

Dylan Cali (calid)

pipcet

Zaki Mughal (zmughal)

Fitz Elliott (felliott)

Vickenty Fesunov (vyf)

Gregor Herrmann (gregoa)

Shlomi Fish (shlomif)

Damyan Ivanov

Ilya Pavlov (Ilya33)

Petr Písař (ppisar)

Mohammad S Anwar (MANWAR)

Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)

Meredith (merrilymeredith, MHOWARD)

Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)

Eric Brine (IKEGAMI)

szTheory

José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA)

Pete Houston (openstrike, HOUSTON)

Lukas Mai (MAUKE)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2015-2022 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.