Build modules with LINKTYPE=static using bare CPAN

[vadimkantorov]

Originally reported at:

• [feature request] Build modules with LINKTYPE=static using bare CPAN or allow easy passing of build options Perl/perl5#22876

Is there any bare cpan support for having cpan pass LINKTYPE=static to perl Makefile.PL LINKTYPE=static?

Should I try PERL_MM_OPT='LINKTYPE=static' PERL_MB_OPT='LINKTYPE=static' cpan -T ...?

Thanks!

[Leont]

This is a place for reporting bugs, not asking questions. There are other venues for that.

If you had looked at CPAN's documentation you would have found the o conf command, which would have led you to the makepl_arg option. So something like o conf makepl_arg LINKTYPE=static should do the trick.

[vadimkantorov]

Thank you for clarifications!

Am I correct that the full equivalent command for cpan -T ... would be sth like:
perl -MCPAN -e "o conf makepl_arg LINKTYPE=static; CPAN::Shell->notest('install', $_) for @ARGV" Encode::EUCJPASCII Encode::JIS2K

Will try this!

[vadimkantorov]

I've tried perl -MCPAN -e "o conf makepl_arg LINKTYPE=static; install Sort::Key; which failed with Can't locate object method "makepl_arg" via package "LINKTYPE" (perhaps you forgot to load "LINKTYPE"?) at -e line 1.

Then I've tried perl -MCPAN -e '$CPAN::Config->{makepl_arg}="LINKTYPE=static"; install Sort::Key;', but this did not actually produce a static lib.

How can I set the makepl_arg for a non-interactive install? Thank you!

[vadimkantorov]

I managed to do a static install with printf "o conf makepl_arg LINKTYPE=static\ninstall Sort::Key\n" | cpan, but for now I can't figure out how to do a notest (akin to cpan -T Sort::Key, but with LINKTYPE=static) install. Should using notest install in place of install in the command above work?

(and if it's possible to do the same without resorting to interactive/pipe mode)

[vadimkantorov]

If anyone is searching, I managed to do installation of multiple modules with notest printf "o conf makepl_arg LINKTYPE=static\nnotest force install %s\n" Sort::Key Encode::EUCJPASCII Encode::JIS2K | cpan

wondering if this can be done without resorting to pipe / interactive mode...

[briandfoy]

Note that you can create your own config file by simply editing what is already there at ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm. You can dump that directly with cpan -J. You can then save that elsewhere, edit it, and load it preferentially with cpan -J .... That's a lot easier than trying to modify the config during a run.

And, the CPAN config is just a Perl data structure. You should be careful playing with that, but if you know what you want, you can just edit it directly.

And, if you have questions about cpan and how it should work or isn't working as you intend, I don't responding to that here. But, Stackoverflow is a good place too since I'll see those.