Re: [Module::Build] M::B and no_index

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

Johan Vromans wrote:
> "Randy W. Sims" <ml...@th...> writes:
> 
> 
>>the build script should work fine without those changes. I just
>>remembered that we store the @INC and hard code it into the 'Build'
>>script.
> 
> 
>>use lib 'inc';
>>use Module::Build;
>>
>>...
>>
>>$builder->create_build_script();
> 
> 
> 1. Almost. For example, I use "use lib '.'" to get '.' as the first
>    location to try. In the default perl @INC, '.' is the last entry.
>    But since '.' occurs in the default @INC, it will not be written to
>    the Build script, and the effect of "use lib '.'" is lost.
> 
>    Now, I cannot imagine people deliberately mixing up @INC, but
>    putting '.' in front seems not uncommon to me. Why not change the
>    "push @INC ..." code to "@INC = ( ... )" and supply the exact
>    actual inc path?

I don't see any other way around this if we want to preserve order of 
@INC correctly. Either we restore the exact contents of @INC when 
running Build or if we think the @INC is going to have more additions 
beteen invokations we can do something like in the attached patch.

Any thoughts on this Ken?

Randy.