ExtUtils::Depends - Easily build XS extensions that depend on XS extensions

	use ExtUtils::Depends;
	$package = new ExtUtils::Depends ('pkg::name', 'base::package')
	# set the flags and libraries to compile and link the module
	$package->set_inc("-I/opt/blahblah");
	$package->set_lib("-lmylib");
	# add a .c and an .xs file to compile
	$package->add_c('code.c');
	$package->add_xs('module-code.xs');
	# add the typemaps to use
	$package->add_typemaps("typemap");
	# safe the info
	$package->save_config('Files.pm');

	WriteMakefile(
		'NAME' => 'Mymodule',
		$package->get_makefile_vars()
	);

This module tries to make it easy to build Perl extensions that use functions and typemaps provided by other perl extensions. This means that a perl extension is treated like a shared library that provides also a C and an XS interface besides the perl one. This works as long as the base extension is loaded with the RTLD_GLOBAL flag (usually done with a

	sub dl_load_flags {0x01}

in the main .pm file) if you need to use functions defined in the module.

Paolo Molaro, lupus@debian.org

ExtUtils::MakeMaker.