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

[Ken W. <ke...@ma...>]

On Mar 1, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Randy W. Sims wrote:

> All the solutions I can think of, and the one you mention above are  
> all variations on a theme. None of them are ideal, so I have no  
> outstanding preference. Options are:
>
> 1) Rearrange the command to put the unquotable(?) construct at the  
> end of the command line. Subject to fail later when code is  
> modified and inadvertently changes order.
>
> 2) Stuff @ARGV and do 'pl2bat.bat' as you suggest. Makes me  
> nervous; kinda depends on knowing pl2bat internals are safe to  
> C<do>. Also, more hoops because we have to tie stdin & stdout in  
> place of redirection.
>
> 3) Wrap pl2bat in a module and publish it.
>
> 4) Copy the code from pl2bat[1] directly into M::B::P::Windows;  
> It's short, and can be abbreviated somewhat for our purpose, but it  
> still duplicates code.
>
> I probably like (1) the least, and I guess I lean more towards (3)  
> or (4)

#3 is certainly The High Road, but it introduces a platform-specific  
dependency, and would break from our current rule of no required  
dependencies past what's in perl 5.6.  Other than that there's  
probably no downside.

#4 is probably the easiest to do in the short term, and actually  
might be a decent temporary measure on the way toward #3.  How about  
that, and then we can plan to publish it separately after 0.28?

  -Ken