Re: [Module::Build] How do I make a Build.PL to install a web app?

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

Stephen Adkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to have a Build.PL which installs more than just scripts and modules.
> I have a web application, and I want to install "cgi-bin" programs,
> lots of files
> under "htdocs" (html, css, js, jpg, png, gif), and various files under "share".
> 
> How can I do this? (See examples below.)
> Is the "install_extra_dirs" option a good enhancement? (see below)
> 
> I have a way to do this (barely) with MakeMaker, and if I can't figure out how
> to do this with Module::Build, I will have to go back to Makefile.PL in some
> of my distributions.

I understand and agree with the need, but I'm not sure this is the best 
approach.

We have one approach already that consists of feeding arguments to the 
constructor to indicate extra files to copy. This can be extended by 
subclassing and adding appropriate methods (eg find_${type}_files and 
process_${type}_files).

If we're going to extend/enhance this functionality, I think we need to 
take a different approach than feeding yet more arguments to the 
constructor since it doesn't really accomplish any more than we can do 
now. In particular it's not flexible enough to specify file to file and 
directory to directory copies, nor does it allow custom attributes/file 
modes to be assigned.

As we've talked about before, I'd like to add a method to allow easy, 
one call, way to set up custom install elements. But I'm holding off in 
the interest of getting 0.28 out.

This is a very high priority item with all of the questions we get about 
it, but we really need to get 0.28 out. I'll try to get the docs updated 
a bit to help authors understand the current methods better for the 0.28 
release.

Regards,
Randy.