Re: [Ming-dev] './configure --prefix=/my/own/path' is ignored for perl extension

[peterdd <mi...@li...>]

> Makefile.perl is generated from Makefile.PL
> using this command (in Makefile.am rule):
>
> Makefile.perl: Makefile.PL
>         srcdir=$(srcdir) builddir=$(abs_builddir) $(PERL) $<
> MAKEFILE=Makefile.perl
>
> There's no explicit setting for install dir in Makefile.PL, I belive it all
> comes from $(PERL) itself ...
You can pass a bunch of parameters to perl Makefile.PL

See man ExtUtils::MakeMaker 

I changed the line in Makefile.am to 

Makefile.perl: Makefile.PL
	srcdir=$(srcdir) builddir=$(abs_builddir) $(PERL) PREFIX=$(prefix) $< 
FIRST_MAKEFILE=Makefile.perl

and it seems to work. So there is maybe no need to tinker with environment 
variables in Makefile.PL itself?



There is too no parameter MAKEFILE in ExtUtils::MakeMaker but it seems to 
accept it nevertheless. I found following in man ExtUtils::MakeMaker:

FIRST_MAKEFILE
The name of the Makefile to be produced.  This is used for the second Makefile 
that will be produced for the MAP_TARGET.

Defaults to Makefile or Descrip.MMS on VMS.
(Note: we couldn't use MAKEFILE because dmake uses this for something else).

Please test.

peterdd