Re: [Module-build-general] Auto-creating Makefile.PL

[Dave R. <au...@ur...>]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Ken Williams wrote:

> Here's an idea for the Makefile.PL compatibility stuff.  I'd like to
> add a new parameter to M::B->new() called 'create_makefile_pl'.  Legal
> values for the parameter would be "passthrough" or "traditional", which
> would auto-create - you guessed it - pass-through or traditional
> Makefile.PLs during the 'distdir' action (or thereabouts).

I'm all for the pass-through version, but I think we should discourage
parallel files.  If there's problems with the pass-through version, let's
find them and fix them.


-dave

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