NAME

Alien::Role::Alt - Alien::Base role that supports alternates

VERSION

version 0.03

SYNOPSIS

From your alienfile

 use alienfile;
 
 plugin 'PkgConfig' => (
   pkg_name => [ 'libfoo', 'libbar', ],
 );

The in your base class:

 package Alien::Libfoo;
 
 use base qw( Alien::Base );
 use Role::Tiny::With qw( with );
 
 with 'Alien::Role::Alt';
 
 1;

Then you can use it:

 use Alien::Libfoo;
 
 my $cflags = Alien::Libfoo->alt('foo1')->cflags;
 my $libs   = Alien::Libfoo->alt('foo1')->libs;

DESCRIPTION

Some packages come with multiple libraries, and multiple .pc files to use with them. This Role::Tiny role can be used with Alien::Base to access different configurations.

METHODS

alt

 my $new_alien = $old_alien->alt($alt_name);

Returns an Alien::Base instance with the alternate configuration.

AUTHOR

Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 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.