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78 Maintaining your own custom perl build can be a pain in the ass, and 78 Maintaining your own custom perl build can be a pain in the ass, and
79 while staticperl tries to make this easy, it still requires a custom 79 while staticperl tries to make this easy, it still requires a custom
80 perl build and possibly fiddling with some modules. PAR is likely to 80 perl build and possibly fiddling with some modules. PAR is likely to
81 produce results faster. 81 produce results faster.
82 82
83 Ok, PAR never has worked for me out of the box, and for some people,
84 staticperl does work out of the box, as they don't count "fiddling
85 with module use lists" against it, but nevertheless, staticperl is
86 certainly a bit more difficult to use.
87
83HOW DOES IT WORK? 88HOW DOES IT WORK?
84 Simple: staticperl downloads, compile and installs a perl version of 89 Simple: staticperl downloads, compile and installs a perl version of
85 your choice in ~/.staticperl. You can add extra modules either by 90 your choice in ~/.staticperl. You can add extra modules either by
86 letting staticperl install them for you automatically, or by using CPAN 91 letting staticperl install them for you automatically, or by using CPAN
87 and doing it interactively. This usually takes 5-10 minutes, depending 92 and doing it interactively. This usually takes 5-10 minutes, depending
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170 want to install from these instead of from CPAN, you can do this 175 want to install from these instead of from CPAN, you can do this
171 using this command by specifying all the directories with modules in 176 using this command by specifying all the directories with modules in
172 them that you want to have built. 177 them that you want to have built.
173 178
174 staticperl clean 179 staticperl clean
175 Runs make distclean in the perl source directory (and potentially 180 Deletes the perl source directory (and potentially cleans up other
176 cleans up other intermediate files). This can be used to clean up 181 intermediate files). This can be used to clean up files only needed
177 intermediate files without removing the installed perl interpreter. 182 for building perl, without removing the installed perl interpreter,
183 or to force a re-build from scratch.
184
185 At the moment, it doesn't delete downloaded tarballs.
178 186
179 staticperl distclean 187 staticperl distclean
180 This wipes your complete ~/.staticperl directory. Be careful with 188 This wipes your complete ~/.staticperl directory. Be careful with
181 this, it nukes your perl download, perl sources, perl distribution 189 this, it nukes your perl download, perl sources, perl distribution
182 and any installed modules. It is useful if you wish to start over 190 and any installed modules. It is useful if you wish to start over
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483 instsrc ~/src/AnyEvent 491 instsrc ~/src/AnyEvent
484 instsrc ~/src/XML-Sablotron-1.0100001 492 instsrc ~/src/XML-Sablotron-1.0100001
485 instcpan Anyevent::AIO AnyEvent::HTTPD 493 instcpan Anyevent::AIO AnyEvent::HTTPD
486 } 494 }
487 495
496 preconfigure
497 Called just before running ./Configur in the perl source directory.
498 Current working directory is the perl source directory.
499
500 This can be used to set any "PERL_xxx" variables, which might be
501 costly to compute.
502
488 postconfigure 503 postconfigure
489 Called after configuring, but before building perl. Current working 504 Called after configuring, but before building perl. Current working
490 directory is the perl source directory. 505 directory is the perl source directory.
491 506
492 Could be used to tailor/patch config.sh (followed by ./Configure -S) 507 Could be used to tailor/patch config.sh (followed by sh Configure
493 or do any other modifications. 508 -S) or do any other modifications.
494 509
495 postbuild 510 postbuild
496 Called after building, but before installing perl. Current working 511 Called after building, but before installing perl. Current working
497 directory is the perl source directory. 512 directory is the perl source directory.
498 513

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