Re: [Module::Build] Document install_base_relpaths

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

David Wheeler wrote:
> On Apr 7, 2006, at 15:52, Randy W. Sims wrote:
> 
>> If 'install_path' is set, elements will be installed to the set location.
> 
> Right, sure.
> 
>> If 'install_base' is set, and the author provides a relpath via 
>> install_base_relpath(), elements will be installed to 
>> install_base/relpath.
> 
> Perfect.
> 
>> If 'prefix' is set, and the author provides a relpath via 
>> prefix_relpath(), elements will be installed to prefix/relpath.
> 
> Oh, huh. So I need to specify both install_base_relpath *and* 
> prefix_relpath? Why wouldn't both be covered by a single method call?

Yes, since prefix and install_base are different path layouts, it makes 
sense to require them to be set separately so that the author thinks 
about the different layouts.

>> Otherwise it will not be installed.
> 
> So as a module author, if I require that it be installed, I just need to 
> make sure that both install_base_relpath and prefix_relpath are 
> specified and that the user use either install_path, install_base, or 
> prefix, right?

Right. See in my previous example[1] how I checked for those settings 
and issued a warning to the user when none were supplied.

Randy.

1. 
<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.module-build/3607/>