[Module-build-general] Fwd: [PATCH] Build handles .PL files in bin/

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

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Casey West <ca...@ge...>
> Date: Sun Mar 23, 2003  3:24:15  PM US/Central
> To: ke...@ma...
> Subject: [PATCH] Build handles .PL files in bin/
>
> I'm in need of having Module::Build handle .PL files in bin/.  So the
> patch below allows this, but we should probably be able to give a list
> of directories under which .PL files will be built.  But as for
> defaults, lib/ and bin/ are most logical.
>
> I need this for poest, btw.  And other distributions with just
> executable files that I want to use Module::Build for, sometime in the
> future, when it works all the way.  :-)
>
> But for poest, I distribute lots of modules and one executable which
> needs to be built on the fly.
>
> --- lib/Module/Build.pm.orig    Sun Mar 23 15:42:22 2003
> +++ lib/Module/Build.pm         Sun Mar 23 15:44:01 2003
> @@ -656,12 +656,12 @@
>  (probably the same one that built perl itself) for this to work
>  properly.
>
> -The C<build> action also runs any C<.PL> files in your F<lib/>
> -directory.  Typically these create other files, named the same but
> -without the C<.PL> ending.  For example, a file F<lib/Foo/Bar.pm.PL>
> -could create the file F<lib/Foo/Bar.pm>.  The C<.PL> files are
> -processed first, so any C<.pm> files (or other kinds that we deal
> -with) will get copied correctly.
> +The C<build> action also runs any C<.PL> files in your F<lib/> and
> +F<bin/> directories.  Typically these create other files, named the
> +same but without the C<.PL> ending.  For example, a file
> +F<lib/Foo/Bar.pm.PL> could create the file F<lib/Foo/Bar.pm>.  The
> +C<.PL> files are processed first, so any C<.pm> files (or other kinds
> +that we deal with) will get copied correctly.
>
>  If your C<.PL> scripts don't create any files, or if they create files
>  with unexpected names, or even if they create multiple files, you
> --- lib/Module/Build/Base.pm.orig  Sun Mar 23 16:17:46 2003
> +++ lib/Module/Build/Base.pm       Sun Mar 23 15:41:15 2003
> @@ -682,6 +682,7 @@
>    # Currently we handle .pm, .xs, .pod, and .PL files.
>
>    $self->process_PL_files('lib');
> +  $self->process_PL_files('bin');
>
>    my $blib = 'blib';
>    $self->add_to_cleanup($blib);
>
>
>   Casey West
>
> -- 
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>
>

  -Ken