Re: [Module-build-general] Question about Defaults ...

[Randy W. S. <Ra...@Th...>]

On 3/14/2003 6:09 PM, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 12:45:17PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> 
>>h2xs for module creation needs to die along with MakeMaker ;)
> 
> 
> and xsubpp (being worked on, IIRC) etc
> 
> h2xs isn't going to die in 5.8.1
> But I suspect that there's still time to get a patch for 5.8.1 in to add an
> option to h2xs to make the module use Module::Build rather than MakeMaker
> 
> Nicholas Clark
> 

This brings to mind a problem I've run into: What about CPAN authors who 
want to provide both Makefile.PL and Build.PL during the transition for 
backwards compatibility? When I try this Makefile.PL wants execute 
Build.PL as a self-extracting script. Maybe this has come up before, but 
I couldn't find any references.

Two options that immediately come to mind are:

* Require that the PL_FILES option be specified in the Makefile.PL even 
if it is an empty array so that MM doesn't perform its auto search for 
PL files.

* Add something like the following to the top Build.PL:
BEGIN { # Don't let it MakeMaker extract me && substitute my variables.
   exit if @ARGV == 1 && $ARGV[0] eq 'Build';
}

What is the best way to handle this scenario? I'm currently using the 
second. Although its a hack, it feels like a better solution than 
requiring authors to change their existing Makefile.PL to explicitly 
mention every PL file.

Randy.

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