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# PODNAME: Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe
# ABSTRACT: Probe Alien::Build plugins
# VERSION

__END__

=pod

=encoding UTF-8

=head1 NAME

Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe - Probe Alien::Build plugins

=head1 VERSION

version 2.80

=head1 SYNOPSIS

look for libraries in known location:

use alienfile;
 plugin 'Probe::CBuilder' => (
   cflags => '-I/opt/libfoo/include',
   libs   => '-L/opt/libfoo/lib -lfoo',
 );

look for tools in the path:

use alienfile;
 plugin 'Probe::CommandLine' => (
   command => 'gzip',
   args    => [ '--version' ],
   match   => qr/gzip/,
   version => qr/gzip ([0-9\.]+)/,
 );

Use C<vcpkg> for Visual C++ Perl:

use alienfile;
 plugin 'Probe::Vcpkg' => 'libffi';

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Probe plugins try to find existing libraries and tools
I<already> installed on the system.  If found they can
be used instead of downloading the source from the
internet and building.

=over 4

=item L<Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe::CBuilder>

Use L<ExtUtils::CBuilder> to probe for existing installed
library.

=item L<Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe::CommandLine>

Execute commands to probe for existing tools.

=item L<Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe::Vcpkg>

Use L<Win32::Vcpkg> to probe for existing installed library.

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Alien::Build>, L<Alien::Build::Plugin>

=head1 AUTHOR

Author: Graham Ollis E<lt>plicease@cpan.orgE<gt>

Contributors:

Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)

Roy Storey (KIWIROY)

Ilya Pavlov

David Mertens (run4flat)

Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg)

Christian Walde (Mithaldu)

Brian Wightman (MidLifeXis)

Zaki Mughal (zmughal)

mohawk (mohawk2, ETJ)

Vikas N Kumar (vikasnkumar)

Flavio Poletti (polettix)

Salvador Fandiño (salva)

Gianni Ceccarelli (dakkar)

Pavel Shaydo (zwon, trinitum)

Kang-min Liu (劉康民, gugod)

Nicholas Shipp (nshp)

Juan Julián Merelo Guervós (JJ)

Joel Berger (JBERGER)

Petr Písař (ppisar)

Lance Wicks (LANCEW)

Ahmad Fatoum (a3f, ATHREEF)

José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA)

Duke Leto (LETO)

Shoichi Kaji (SKAJI)

Shawn Laffan (SLAFFAN)

Paul Evans (leonerd, PEVANS)

Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)

nick nauwelaerts (INPHOBIA)

Florian Weimer

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

=cut

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