Re: [Module::Build] ./Build on Win98

[Randy W. S. <ml...@th...>]

Dr Bean wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Randy W. Sims wrote:
> 
>>> I also just realized that my initial attempts depend on $0
>>> which wont work for our API clients; I'll get this cleaned up.
> 
>> This is hopefully fixed now in CVS, and a new snapshot is up also[1] if 
>> I can beg one more test.
> 
> I found a different Win98 machine with ActiveState
> 5.8.7.815. After running perl Build.PL:
> 
> D:\greg\Module-Build>dir Build
> 
>  Volume in drive D has no label
>  Volume Serial Number is 4658-17D7
>  Directory of D:\greg\Module-Build
> 
>    BUILD    PL          2,591  02-02-06   8:19 Build.PL
>    BUILD                1,472  02-24-06  22:00 Build
>    BUILD    BAT         1,943  02-24-06  22:00 Build.bat
>             3 file(s)          6,006 bytes
> 	             0 dir(s)       13,728.44 MB free
> 
> 
> D:\greg\Module-Build> Build realclean
> Deleting _build
> Deleting Build
> Deleting Build.bat
> Batch file missing

It's taking the wrong path here. M::B is deleting 'Build.bat' where it 
should be letting it delete itself. We know this method of self-deletion 
works because it was proved in a previous attempt. The only issue here 
is that the created 'Build.bat' is not correctly passing in the 
--build_bat argument. To prove this you should be able to:

   perl Build.PL
   Build --build_bat realclean

and get a successful run without error about missing batch file.

If you run:

   perl Build.PL

and then look at the top of the resulting 'Build.bat', you should see 
the following lines:

if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto WinNT
perl -x -S "%0" "--build_bat" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
goto endofperl
:WinNT
perl -x -S "%0" "--build_bat" %*

I'd like to know if the resulting 'Build.bat' differs on Win9x. I 
suspect not. Otherwise the invokation of perl from the batch file would 
cause errors or different behavior.

At one time those quotes around the --build_bat arg seemed necessary, 
but it may be the cause of the problem; Although, I don't see why they 
should matter one way or the other. I've removed those quotes, and 
instrumented the code to see if I can find out where the argument is going.

Care to give it another spin?

   <http://thepierianspring.org/perl/Module-Build.tar.gz>

   perl Build.PL
   Build realclean
   if exist Build.bat echo profanity

How many cases do I owe you now?

Randy.