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NAME

6       ExtUtils::InferConfig - Infer Perl Configuration for non-running
7       interpreters
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SYNOPSIS

10         use ExtUtils::InferConfig;
11         my $eic = ExtUtils::InferConfig->new(
12           perl => '/path/to/a/perl'
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15         # Get that interpreters %Config as hash ref
16         my $Config = $eic->get_config;
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18         # Get that interpreters @INC as array ref
19         my $INC = $eic->get_inc;
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DESCRIPTION

22       This module can determine the configuration and @INC of a perl
23       interpreter given its path and that it is runnable by the current user.
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25       It runs the interpreter with a one-liner and grabs the %Config hash via
26       STDOUT capturing. Getting the module load paths, @INC, works the same
27       way for @INC entries that are plain paths.
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METHODS

30   new
31       Requires one named parameter: "perl", the path to the perl interpreter
32       to query for information.
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34       Optional parameter: "debug => 1" enables the debugging mode.
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36   get_config
37       Returns a copy of the %Config::Config hash of the intepreter which was
38       specified as a parameter to the constructor.
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40       The first time this method (or the get_inc method below) is called, the
41       perl binary is run. For subsequent calls of this method, the
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44   get_inc
45       Returns a copy of the @INC array of the intepreter which was specified
46       as a parameter to the constructor. Caveat: This skips any references
47       (subroutines, "ARRAY" refs, objects) in the @INC array because they
48       cannot be reliably stringified!
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50       The first time this method (or the get_config method avove) is called,
51       the perl binary is run. For subsequent calls of this method, the
52       information is cached.
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CAVEATS

55       This module cannot get the non-plain (i.e. non-string) entries of the
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SEE ALSO

59       You can use this module with ExtUtils::Installed to get information
60       about perl installations that aren't currently running.
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AUTHOR

63       Steffen Mueller, <smueller@cpan.org>
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66       Copyright (C) 2007-2010 by Steffen Mueller
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68       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
69       under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.6 or, at
70       your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
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