blib(3perl)

blib3perl

Use makemaker's uninstalled version of a package

Usage

 perl -Mblib script [args...]
 perl -Mblib=dir script [args...]

Overview

Looks for MakeMaker-like 'blib' directory structure starting in dir (or current directory) and working back up to five levels of '..'.

Intended for use on command line with -M option as a way of testing arbitrary scripts against an uninstalled version of a package.

However it is possible to :

 use blib;
 or
 use blib '..';

etc. if you really must.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 12 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0
  4. 5.0
  5. 6.0
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. Arch

Bugs

Pollutes global name space for development only task.

Author

Nick Ing-Simmons [email protected]

From perl 5.44.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.