# 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 0.42

=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\.]+)/,
 );

=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>

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

=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)

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Graham Ollis.

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

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