Bio::Root::Build(3)

SYNOPSIS
  ...TO BE ADDED

DESCRIPTION
This is a subclass of Module::Build so we can override certain methods and do fancy stuff

It was first written against Module::Build::Base v0.2805. Many of the methods here are copy/pasted from there in their entirety just to change one or two minor things, since for the most part Module::Build::Base code is hard to cleanly override.

Note: per bug 3196, the majority of the code in this module has been revised or commented out to bring it in line with the Module::Build API. In particular, 'requires/recommends' tags in the Build.PL file were not of the same format as those for Module::Build, and so caused serious issues with newer versions (including giving incorrect meta data). Other problematic methods involving automatic installation of prereq modules via CPAN were also removed as they do not work with more modern perl tools such as perlbrew and cpanm.

  find_pm_files
Our modules are in Bio, not lib

  choose_scripts
Ask what scripts to install (this method is unique to bioperl)

  script_files
Our version of script_files doesn't take args but just installs those scripts requested by the user after choose_scripts() is called. If it wasn't called, installs all scripts in scripts directory

  prompt
Overridden simply to not print the default answer if chosen by hitting return

  find_dist_packages
Like the Module::Build version, except that we always get version from dist_version

  ACTION_manifest
We always generate a new MANIFEST instead of allowing existing files to remain MANIFEST.SKIP is left alone

  ACTION_install
Extended to run scripts post-installation

  test_internet
For use with auto_features, which should require LWP::UserAgent as one of its reqs

Note: as of 4-11-11, this is no longer called - if someone wants to run network tests (off by default) w/o a network, then they are hanging themselves by their own shoelaces.

  dist_dir
Nice directory names for dist-related actions

  ACTION_ppmdist
Don't copy across man3 docs since they're of little use under Windows and have bad filenames

  install_types
When supplied a true value, pretends libdoc doesn't exist (preventing man3 installation for ppmdist). when supplied false, they exist again

  ACTION_dist
We make all archive formats we want, not just .tar.gz we also auto-run manifest action, since we always want to re-create MANIFEST and MANIFEST.SKIP just-in-time

  ACTION_clean
Define custom clean/realclean actions to rearrange config file cleanup

  ACTION_realclean
Define custom clean/realclean actions to rearrange config file cleanup

  make_zip
Makes zip file for windows users and bzip2 files as well

  prompt_for_network
A method that can be called in a Build.PL script to ask the user if they want internet tests. Should only be called if you have tested for yourself that $build->feature('Network Tests') is true

  print_build_script
Override the build script warnings flag