NAME

       Alien::Build::Manual::Alien - General alien author documentation

VERSION

       version 2.80

SYNOPSIS

        perldoc Alien::Build::Manual::Alien

DESCRIPTION

       The goal of the Alien namespace is to provide non-CPAN dependencies (so called "Alien" dependencies) for
       CPAN modules. The history and intent of this idea is documented in the documentation-only Alien module.
       The "Alien-Build" distribution provides a framework for building aliens. The intent is to fix bugs and
       enhance the interface of a number of common tools so that all aliens may benefit. The distribution is
       broken up into these parts:

       The Alien Installer (configure / build-time)
           Alien::Build  and  alienfile  are  used  to detect and install aliens. They are further documented in
           Alien::Build::Manual::AlienAuthor.

       The Alien Runtime (runtime)
           Alien::Base is the base class for aliens in the "Alien-Build" system. Its use by Alien  consumers  is
           documented in Alien::Build::Manual::AlienUser.

       The Plugin system (configure / build-time)
           Because  many  packages are implemented using different tools, the detection, build and install logic
           for a particular Alien can vary a lot.  As such, much of Alien::Build is implemented as a  series  of
           plugins  that  inherit  from  Alien::Build::Plugin.   An  overview  of  building  your own plugins is
           documented in Alien::Build::Manual::PluginAuthor.

       Additional useful documentation may be found here:

       FAQ Alien::Build::Manual::FAQ

       Contributing
           Alien::Build::Manual::Contributing

SEE ALSO

       Alien::Build::Manual
           Other Alien::Build manuals.

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                                       2023-11-05                   Alien::Build::Manual::Alien(3pm)