Alien-Base-Dino
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building dynamic libraries for an Alien share install introduce a
number of challenges, and honestly I don't see the point of using them,
if you can avoid it. So far I haven't actually seen a situation where
it couldn't be avoided. Just to be clear: dynamic libraries are fine
for Alien, and in fact desirable when you are using the system provided
libraries. You get the patches and security fixes supplied by your
operating system.
Okay, so why not build a dynamic library for a share install?
For this discussion, say you have an alienized library Alien::libfoo
and an XS module that uses it called Foo::XS (as illustrated in the
synopsis above).
Your Alien becomes a run-time dependency.
When you link your Foo::XS module with a static library from
Alien::libfoo it gets added into the DLL or .so file that the Perl
toolchain produces. That means when you later use it, it doesn't need
anything else. When you try to do the same thing with a dynamic
library, you need that dynamic library, which is stored in a share
modules into their operating system), it is a hassle because now you
need this big build tool Alien::Build and the alien Alien::libfoo
with extra dependencies during runtime. Normally you wouldn't need
those packages installed for end-user use.
Upgrades can and will break your XS module.
Again, when Alien::libfoo builds a static library and it gets linked
into a DLL or .so for Foo::XS, it doesn't need the original library
anymore. If you are using a dynamic library and you do the same thing
it maybe works today, but say tomorrow you upgrade Alien::libfoo and
it replaces the DLL or .so file with an incompatible API or ABI? Now
your Foo::XS module has stopped working!
Dynamic libraries are not portable
Dynamic libraries are widely supported on most modern operating
systems, but each system provides a different interface. For example,
Linux, Windows and OS X all have an environment variable that allows
you to alter the search path for finding dynamic libraries, but all
three have different extensions for dynamic libraries (OS X even has
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lib/Alien/Base/Dino.pm view on Meta::CPAN
B<building> dynamic libraries for an L<Alien> B<share> install introduce
a number of challenges, and honestly I don't see the point of using
them, if you can avoid it. So far I haven't actually seen a situation
where it couldn't be avoided. Just to be clear: dynamic libraries are
fine for Alien, and in fact desirable when you are using the system
provided libraries. You get the patches and security fixes supplied by
your operating system.
Okay, so why not build a dynamic library for a B<share> install?
For this discussion, say you have an alienized library C<Alien::libfoo>
and an XS module that uses it called C<Foo::XS> (as illustrated in the
synopsis above).
=over 4
=item Your Alien becomes a run-time dependency.
When you link your C<Foo::XS> module with a static library from
C<Alien::libfoo> it gets added into the DLL or C<.so> file that the Perl
toolchain produces. That means when you later use it, it doesn't need
lib/Alien/Base/Dino.pm view on Meta::CPAN
their operating system), it is a hassle because now you need this big
build tool L<Alien::Build> and the alien C<Alien::libfoo> with extra
dependencies during runtime. Normally you wouldn't need those packages
installed for end-user use.
=item Upgrades can and will break your XS module.
Again, when C<Alien::libfoo> builds a static library and it gets linked
into a DLL or C<.so> for C<Foo::XS>, it doesn't need the original
library anymore. If you are using a dynamic library and you do the same
thing it maybe works today, but say tomorrow you upgrade
C<Alien::libfoo> and it replaces the DLL or C<.so> file with an
incompatible API or ABI? Now your C<Foo::XS> module has stopped
working!
=item Dynamic libraries are not portable
Dynamic libraries are widely supported on most modern operating systems,
but each system provides a different interface. For example, Linux,
Windows and OS X all have an environment variable that allows you to
alter the search path for finding dynamic libraries, but all three have
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