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...