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ax_perl_ext ¶

Synopsis ¶

AX_PERL_EXT

Description ¶

Fetches the linker flags and C compiler flags for compiling and linking Perl binary extensions. The macro substitutes PERL_EXT_PREFIX, PERL_EXT_INC, PERL_EXT_LIB, PERL_EXT_CPPFLAGS, PERL_EXT_LDFLAGS and PERL_EXT_DLEXT variables if Perl executable was found. It also checks the same variables before trying to retrieve them from the Perl configuration.

  PERL_EXT_PREFIX: top-level perl installation path (--prefix)
  PERL_EXT_INC: XS include directory
  PERL_EXT_LIB: Perl extensions destination directory
  PERL_EXT_CPPFLAGS: C preprocessor flags to compile extensions
  PERL_EXT_LDFLAGS: linker flags to build extensions
  PERL_EXT_DLEXT: extensions suffix for perl modules (e.g. ".so")

Examples:

  AX_PERL_EXT
  if test x"$PERL" = x; then
     AC_ERROR(["cannot find Perl"])
  fi

Source Code ¶

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License ¶

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

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