Re: [Module-build-general] Proposal for Module::Build installation dirs

[Jeff M. <jef...@e-...>]

On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 13:14, Ken Williams wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to get the ball rolling on the installation map stuff for 
> M::B, as I think it's the only thing holding up the 0.19 release.  
> Here's my idea of what I think we should do, please give me your 
> feedback on it.
> 
> MakeMaker gives us a pretty good test-case for how an installation map 
> should & shouldn't work, and what features we probably need to support 
> to be "competitive".  The main MakeMaker thing we probably *don't* want 
> to replicate is the way it handles PREFIX, because I understand from 
> Schwern that it's been a nightmare to support in a way that works 
> nicely on all the various platforms & setups.
> 

I use PREFIX and LIB all the time now and I haven't had any problems
with it yet. Currently M::B doesn't work correctly with builddir or
sitelib when doing a build test or install (see earlier postings about
@INC from a fellow subscriber).

So while there may be magic behind PREFIX, I don't think it is fair for
the average module builder to have to know specifics about %Config
either.

I need M::B to be able to install stuff outside the system perl tree.
MakeMaker allows me to do that today using PREFIX and LIB (I set both to
the same value). All I have to do in my code is add a:

use lib qw(<path specified by PREFIX>);

-- 
Jeff Macdonald <jef...@e-...>