[Module::Build] Re: [PATCH] add Module::Build 0.27_08

[Rafael Garcia-S. <rga...@ma...>]

Steve Peters wrote:
> 
> Well, here's the rub.  It looks like, while it runs, Module::Build
> changes directories.  When I ran, it tries to look for ./perl in 
> /home/steve/smoke/perl-current/t/_tmp/Simple, which it won't be able to.
> So, Module::Build is completely dependent on what is an absolute path $^X, 
> $Config, or the environment to figure out what Perl is running it. So,
> operating system where $^X returns a relative path (apparently BSDs and Mac
> OS X) will all fail the the Module::Build tests.  Whether Build.PL
> scripts work with a Perl not in the $PATH and run using a relative path
> on these OS's is left as an exercise for the reader.

I think that's one of the major causes of pain when integrating new
modules to the core.

I'd like to point out, additionnally, that EU::MM has the ability to run
a module from a non-installed perl (it warns the user when it does so,
but that works, at least on Linux.) I think this feature is cool, since
I use it quite often, and I'd like to have the same ability in M::B.