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

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

On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 10:00  AM, David Wheeler wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Casey West wrote:
>
>> MakeMaker doesn't handle built scripts.  You have to do it yourself,
>> by putting something like the following in your Makefile.PL:
>>
>>   system($^X, 'bin/poest.PL');
>>
>> What I really think should happen, is anything in PL_files should be
>> run, reguardless of the directory.  That would solve the problem, I
>> would say.
>
> Maybe I don't properly understand what you're trying to do, but MM does
> build scripts for you.

We're talking about the automatic build-time running of programs like 
scripts/foo.PL , which usually results in an output file like 
scripts/foo .  The fundamental issues here are about these .PL files, 
not really about scripts.  For instance, .PL files could also be things 
like lib/Foo/Bar/Baz.pm.PL , which would generate lib/Foo/Bar/Baz.pm .

Installing scripts themselves is something that MM and M::B both 
already do.

  -Ken