How to release a precompiled XS module?

llancet has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi monks!

I wrote a manuscript to a scientific journal about my genome visualization toolkit, which includes a PerlXS interface. However, some reviewers failed to compile it and asked for a precompiled binary package.

I thought there will be ABI compatibility issues, as the ABI by different Perl versions might changes. However I still tried it: I compiled the package on my Debian Jessie machine (Perl 5.20.1), and tried to run it on a Debian Whezzy machine (Perl 5.14.2). The result is surprise: before I got any Perl compatibility issue, I firstly got a glibc issue:

Can't load '/usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/auto/GenoEye/GenoEye.so' for 
+module GenoEye: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14'
+ not found (required by /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/auto/GenoEye/Gen
+oEye.so) at /usr/lib/perl/5.14/DynaLoader.pm line 184.
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So, is there any possibility to release a precompiled PerlXS module for major Linux distributions?

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Re: How to release a precompiled XS module? (apt-get repository) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 10, 2014 at 08:32 UTC
So, is there any possibility to release a precompiled PerlXS module for major Linux distributions? Sure :) the same way those Debian folks release modules to be available via apt-get, you can do that too... see below But how about a simple linux distribution instead? http://www.citrusperl.com/helpweb/createdistribution.htm, http://www.citrusperl.com/helpweb/installingcitrusperl.htm http://www.citrusperl.com/, What is the best way to install CPAN modules on Debian?, Try CPANPLUS::Dist::Fedora , cpan2rpm, Dist::Zilla::Plugin::RPM, http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-dh_perl, Building Debian packages of Perl modules	[reply]
Re^2: How to release a precompiled XS module? (apt-get repository) by llancet (Friar) on Nov 11, 2014 at 05:58 UTC
So I have to learn the complete Fedora and Debian packaging toolchains... What a painful world!	[reply]
Re^3: How to release a precompiled XS module? (apt-get repository) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 11, 2014 at 09:26 UTC
So I have to learn the complete Fedora and Debian packaging toolchains... What a painful world! If you want to pick that You could also make PPMs Everything is some kind of PITA, pick your flavor :)	[reply]
Re: How to release a precompiled XS module? by jellisii2 (Hermit) on Nov 10, 2014 at 12:50 UTC
Would PAR::Packer and the associated program `pp` be a way of doing this?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How to release a precompiled XS module? by RonW (Parson) on Nov 10, 2014 at 17:31 UTC
Yes, this is a very good way to accomplish this. Note that you may have to do `pp -x yourProgram.pl` to "capture" the needed libraries. (If your program requires parameters when run, pp has an -xargs option with which you can specify the parameters. (I suggested this option a few years ago. Thanks again to the PAR::Packer devs for adding this.)) If the resulting package still doesn't work, try adding `-a /path/to/library` for each of the still missing needed libraries.	[reply] [d/l] [select]