1MODULE-STARTER(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation MODULE-STARTER(1)
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6 module-starter - creates a skeleton module distribution
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9 module-starter [options]
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13 --module=module Module name (required, repeatable)
14 --distro=name Distribution name (optional)
15 --dir=dirname Directory name to create new module in (optional)
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17 --builder=module Build with 'ExtUtils::MakeMaker' or 'Module::Build'
18 --eumm Same as --builder=ExtUtils::MakeMaker
19 --mb Same as --builder=Module::Build
20 --mi Same as --builder=Module::Install (discouraged)
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22 --author=name Author's name (taken from getpwuid if not provided)
23 --email=email Author's email (taken from EMAIL if not provided)
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25 --ignores=type Ignore type files to include (repeatable)
26 --license=type License under which the module will be distributed
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28 --genlicense Generate LICENSE file according to specified license
29 --minperl=ver Minimum Perl version required (optional;
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32 --fatalize Generate code that causes all warnings to be fatal with:
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35 --verbose Print progress messages while working
36 --force Delete pre-existing files if needed
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38 --help Show this message
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40 Available Licenses:
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42 perl, artistic, artistic2, mit, mozilla, mozilla2, bsd, freebsd, cc0,
43 gpl, lgpl, gpl3, lgpl3, agpl3, apache, qpl
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45 You may also specify any Software::License subclass or CPAN::Meta::Spec
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56 module-starter --module=Foo::Bar,Foo::Bat \
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60 "module-starter" is a command-line interface to Module::Starter, which
61 it uses to perform all the work of creating distributions. An
62 alternate backend for "module-starter" can be specified with the
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66 If no directory name is supplied, the distribution name will be used
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70 Multiple --builder options may be supplied to produce the files for
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74 module-starter will look for a configuration file before reading its
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80 The configuration file is just a list of names and values, separated by
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82 "--ignores" command line parameter corresponds to the "ignores_type"
83 configuration file entry. A sample configuration file might read:
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88 plugins: Module::Starter::Simple Module::Starter::Plugin::XYZ
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