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Dist::Build::Core - core functions for Dist::Build

version 0.020

This plugin contains many of the core actions of "Dist::Build".

  • copy_file($source, $destination)

    Copy the file $source to $destination.

  • copy_executable($source, $destination)

    Copy the executable $source to $destination.

  • manify($source, $destination, $section)

    Manify $source to $destination, as section $section.

  • mkdir($target, $dir, %options)

    This ensures the given directory exist.

  • tap_harness(%options)

    This runs tests for the dist.

  • test_files

    The list of files to run.

  • jobs

    The number of concurrent test files to run.

  • color

    This enables color in the harness.

•
install(%options)

This installs the distribution

  • install_map

    The map of intermediate paths to install locations, as produced by ExtUtils::InstallPaths.

  • verbose

    This enables verbose mode.

  • uninst

    This uninstalls files before installing the new ones.

  • dump_binary($filename, $content, %named_arguments)

    Write $content to $filename as binary data.

  • dump_text($filename, $content, %named_arguments)

    Write $content to $filename as text of the given encoding.

  • dump_json($filename, $content, %named_arguments)

    Write $content to $filename as JSON.

Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com>

This software is copyright (c) 2024 by Leon Timmermans.

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

2025-05-11 perl v5.40.1