FFI::Build::MM(3pm)

Usage

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.

Version

version 2.10

Overview

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.

Copyright and license

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

Releases

4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 3 times.

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