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NAME

Shipwright - Best Practical Builder

SYNOPSIS

    $ export SHIPWRIGHT_SHIPYARD=fs:/tmp/fs
    $ shipwright create 
    # import will take a while, enjoy your coffee!
    $ shipwright import cpan:Jifty
    $ cd /tmp/fs
    $ ./bin/shipwright-builder --install-base /tmp/jifty

    one liner doing the same thing:
    $ shipwright-generate cpan:Jifty | perl - --install-base /tmp/jifty

DESCRIPTION

Why use Shipwright?

Most software packages depend on other bits of software in order to avoid code repetition. This may result in pain when attempting to install the software, due to the maze of dependencies, especially for large projects with many dependencies.

Shipwright is a tool to help you bundle your software with all its dependencies, regardless of whether they are CPAN modules or non-Perl modules from elsewhere. Shipwright makes the bundle work easy.

Introduction

If this is your first time using Shipwright, Shipwright::Manual::Tutorial is probably a better place to start.

Design

The idea of Shipwright is simple:

    sources                        shipwright factory
---------------------           ------------------------
|  all the separate |  import   |  shipyard             |  build
|  sources          |  =====>   |                       |  ====>
---------------------           ------------------------

     vessel (final product)
----------------------------------------------
| all packages installed with smart wrappers |
----------------------------------------------

What's in a shipyard

shipyard after initialization

After initializing a shipyard, the files in the repository are:

bin/ # used for building, installing and testing shipwright-builder # a utility for doing things such as updating the build order shipwright-utility

etc/ # wrapper for installed bin files, mainly for optimizing the environment shipwright-script-wrapper # wrapper for installed perl scripts shipwright-perl-wrapper # source files you can `source', for tcsh and bash, respectively. # both will be installed to tools/ shipwright-source-tcsh, shipwright-source-bash # utility which will be installed to tools/ shipwright-utility # set env bat for windows shipwright-windows-setenv.bat

inc/ # modules for shipwright itself

sources/ # all the sources live here

scripts/ # all the build scripts and dependency hints live here

shipwright/

    # branches note, see L<Shipwright::Manual::UsingBranches>
    branches.yml
    # flags note, see L<Shipwright::Manual::UsingFlags>
    flags.yml           
    # test failures note
    known_test_failures.yml
    # cpan dists' module => name map
    map.yml
    # the actual build order
    order.yml
    # reference count note
    refs.yml
    # non-cpan dists' name => url map
    source.yml
    # sources' version
    version.yml

t/ # will run this if with --only-test when build test

shipyard after import

After importing, say cpan:Acme::Hello, both the sources and scripts directories will have a `cpan-Acme-Hello' directory.

Under scripts/cpan-Acme-Hello there are two files: 'build' and 'require.yml'.

build

configure: %%PERL%% %%MODULE_BUILD_BEFORE_BUILD_PL%% Build.PL --install_base=%%INSTALL_BASE%% --install_path lib=%%INSTALL_BASE%%/lib/perl5 --install_path arch=%%INSTALL_BASE%%/lib/perl5 make: %%PERL%% %%MODULE_BUILD_BEFORE_BUILD%% Build test: %%PERL%% %%MODULE_BUILD_BEFORE_BUILD%% Build test install: %%PERL%% %%MODULE_BUILD_BEFORE_BUILD%% Build install clean: %%PERL%% %%MODULE_BUILD_BEFORE_BUILD%% Build realclean

Each line is of `type: command' format, and the command is executed line by line (which is also true for t/test).

See Shipwright::Manual::CustomizeBuild for more information on customizing the build process for dists.

require.yml

build_requires: {}

conflicts: {}

recommends: cpan-Locale-Maketext-Lexicon: version: 0.15 requires: {}

This file details the hints needed in order for Shipwright to create the right build order.

vessel

After the cmd `./bin/shipwright-builder --install-base /tmp/vessel`, we have a new directory structure which we call a vessel(/tmp/vessel).

SEE ALSO

Shipwright::Manual

AUTHORS

sunnavy <sunnavy@bestpractical.com>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Shipwright is Copyright 2007-2015 Best Practical Solutions, LLC.

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