Re: [Krang-devel] Excluding addons/ADDON/lib/* CPAN module dirs/fileswhen making an addon dist

[Bodo S. <bo...@le...>]

As there seems to be no standard and no simple solution to this problem,
how about going the dead simple way of installing .../src/ modules in

   .../lib/external/

instead of 

   .../lib/

Then, when making the dist, simply skip external/

Bodo


> Michael Peters wrote:
> > Noam Weinstein wrote:
> > > Hmm - That's a tricky one too! I don't know the answer about CPAN, but if
>  
> > > there's no way to do that programatically,
> > 
> > We could possibly look at the svn:ignore property of lib/ and include every
> th
> > ing not matched by that?
> 
> Downside: You'd have to maintain svn:ignore and you'd have to remember
> that this property list has a hidden feature. Frankly, I don't like this
> kind of silent hijacking of things meant for other purposes. I will bite
> you in the end.
> 
> > > perhaps a decent workaround would 
> > > be to add an optional directive called something like AddonLibs to 
> > > krang_addon.conf that lists only the libraries specific to the addon, and
>  
> > > then when krang_addon_dist runs it could ignore paths beneath [addon]/lib
>  
> > > that are not in the list?
> > 
> > This is usually done with a MANIFEST (and optionally a MANIFEST.SKIP) file 
> in
> >  most software projects 
> > (Perl and non-Perl) that I've come across. So if we decide we need it we sh
> ou
> > ld probably stick with 
> > something semi-standard.
> 
> Hm, the MANIFEST lists the files coming with the module distribution,
> but they don't list the files that will finally be installed.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Bodo