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

[Casey W. <ca...@ge...>]

It was Monday, March 24, 2003 when Ken Williams took the soap box, saying:
: 
: 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.

Yes, but currently Module::Build will only run .PL files within the
lib/ directory.  I'm just asking for a nice way to extend that.  I
feel odd asking, as the module is named Module::Build not Dist::Build
or Script::Build or App::Build, but it would be handy.

  Casey West

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