Re: [Module-build-general] 4th (undocumented) argument to ExtUtils::Install::install

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

On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 09:21  PM, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> There's a 4th, very important, but completely undocumented argument to
> ExtUtils::Install.  This is a flag that tells it to unlink "shadowing"
> files, and is how the "perl Makefile.PL UNINST=1" feature is  
> implemented.
>
> Knowing this flag exists makes implementing this feature in  
> Module::Build
> very easy.  It also makes me _VERY DAMN IRRITATED_, but I was _already_
> irritated about the general state of the legacy Perl build system, so  
> that
> changes nothing ;)


So, I made this change in the M::B code, and it didn't seem to produce  
the desired effect:

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
--------
sub ACTION_install {
   my ($self) = @_;
   require ExtUtils::Install;
   $self->depends_on('build');
   ExtUtils::Install::install($self->install_map('blib'), 1, 0,  
$self->{args}{uninst}||0);
}

sub ACTION_fakeinstall {
   my ($self) = @_;
   require ExtUtils::Install;
   $self->depends_on('build');
   ExtUtils::Install::install($self->install_map('blib'), 1, 1,  
$self->{args}{uninst}||0);
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
--------

Doing a 'Build install uninst=1' didn't unlink the ghosties.  I don't  
have time to check into it right now though, because I'm busily at work  
trying to make some headway on my soon-due thesis.  Any idea why this  
wouldn't work?

  -Ken