NAME

       Alien::Build::Plugin::Prefer::GoodVersion - Plugin to filter known good versions

VERSION

       version 2.80

SYNOPSIS

        use alienfile;
        plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => '1.2.3';

DESCRIPTION

       This plugin allows you to specify one or more good versions of a library.  This doesn't
       affect a system install at all.  This plugin does the opposite of the "Prefer::BadVersion"
       plugin.  You need need a Prefer plugin that filters and sorts files first.  You may
       specify the filter in one of three ways:

       as a string
           Filter any files that match the given version.

            use alienfile;
            plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => '1.2.3';

       as an array
           Filter all files that match any of the given versions.

            use alienfile;
            plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => [ '1.2.3', '1.2.4' ];

       as a code reference
           Filter any files return a true value.

            use alienfile;
            plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => sub {
              my($file) = @_;
              $file->{version} eq '1.2.3'; # same as the string version above
            };

       This plugin can also be used to filter known good versions of a library on just one
       platform.  For example, if you know that version 1.2.3 if good on windows, but the default
       logic is fine on other platforms:

        use alienfile;
        plugin 'Prefer::GoodVersion' => '1.2.3' if $^O eq 'MSWin32';

PROPERTIES

   filter
       Filter entries that match the filter.

CAVEATS

       If you are using the string or array mode, then you need an existing Prefer plugin that
       sets the version number for each file candidate, such as
       Alien::Build::Plugin::Prefer::SortVersions.

       Unless you want to exclude the latest version from a share install, this plugin isn't
       really that useful.  It has no effect on system installs, which may not be obvious at
       first.

SEE ALSO

       alienfile
       Alien::Build
       Alien::Build::Plugin::Prefer::SortVersions

AUTHOR

       Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

       Contributors:

       Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)

       Roy Storey (KIWIROY)

       Ilya Pavlov

       David Mertens (run4flat)

       Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg)

       Christian Walde (Mithaldu)

       Brian Wightman (MidLifeXis)

       Zaki Mughal (zmughal)

       mohawk (mohawk2, ETJ)

       Vikas N Kumar (vikasnkumar)

       Flavio Poletti (polettix)

       Salvador Fandiño (salva)

       Gianni Ceccarelli (dakkar)

       Pavel Shaydo (zwon, trinitum)

       Kang-min Liu (劉康民, gugod)

       Nicholas Shipp (nshp)

       Juan Julián Merelo Guervós (JJ)

       Joel Berger (JBERGER)

       Petr Písař (ppisar)

       Lance Wicks (LANCEW)

       Ahmad Fatoum (a3f, ATHREEF)

       José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA)

       Duke Leto (LETO)

       Shoichi Kaji (SKAJI)

       Shawn Laffan (SLAFFAN)

       Paul Evans (leonerd, PEVANS)

       Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)

       nick nauwelaerts (INPHOBIA)

       Florian Weimer

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2011-2022 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.

perl v5.36.0                                2023-11Alien::Build::Plugin::Prefer::GoodVersion(3pm)