makemaker - Perl MakeMaker build element

A BuildElement implementation for using the Perl ExtUtil::MakeMaker build system

The MakeMaker default configuration:

# Default configuration for the Perl ExtUtil::MakeMaker
# build system 

variables:

  # To install perl distributions into the correct location
  # in our chroot we need to set PREFIX to <destdir>/<prefix>
  # in the configure-commands.
  #
  # The mapping between PREFIX and the final installation
  # directories is complex and depends upon the configuration
  # of perl see,
  # https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/perl/INSTALL#Installation-Directories
  # and ExtUtil::MakeMaker's documentation for more details.
  configure: |

    perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=%{install-root}%{prefix}

  make: make
  make-install: make install

config:

  # Commands for configuring the software
  #
  configure-commands:
  - |
    %{configure}

  # Commands for building the software
  #
  build-commands:
  - |
    %{make}

  # Commands for installing the software into a
  # destination folder
  #
  install-commands:
  - |
    %{make-install}

  # Commands for stripping debugging information out of
  # installed binaries
  #
  strip-commands:
  - |
    %{strip-binaries}