Chapter 10

A problem was encountered while attempting to compile and install your Inline

C code. The command that failed was:

  make > out.make 2>&1

The build directory was:

/home/sam/book/_Inline/build/inline_pl_8143

To debug the problem, cd to the build directory, and inspect the output files.

 at ./inline.pl line 2

By examining the out.make file in the build directory you can determine the 

exact cause of the compilation error.

Getting Started with Inline::C

Writing a module with Inline::C is a lot like writing an XS module with no XS. As 

such, you can get started with h2xs the same was as you would with a pure Perl 

module. To generate a skeleton for Gnome::MIME, I use the following command:

h2xs  XA  n Gnome::MIME

This creates the same files as you examined in Chapter 4 (for a quick refresher, see 

Table 10 1). Since I'm using Inline::C, all the C code for the module will go in 

MIME.pm alongside the Perl code.

Table 10 1. Files Generated by h2xs  XA  n Gnome::MIME

File

Description

MIME.pm

The module file itself, which contains Perl code, C code, and 

POD documentation

Makefile.PL

A script that uses ExtUtils::MakeMaker to generate a Makefile

test.pl

A test script run when a user types  make test  or installs your 

module with the CPAN module

README

A quick description of your module and how to install it

Changes

A change log in which you can describe differences between 

versions of your module

MANIFEST

A list of all the files in your distribution

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