[Module-build-general] Re: FW: Why is Module::Build looking for the module in lib directory?

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

On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 08:00  PM, Mr. Lindsay Morris wrote:

> Thank you, Ken!
> Did that;
> ./Build dist gave me an empty .tar.gz file;
> by an inspired leap I tried ./Build manifest first,
> THEN ./Build dist did right.
>
> Maybe Build dist could automatically Build manifest? or at least say 
> "you
> dummy..."?

Yeah, good idea - I'll add a warning if no files were found in the 
MANIFEST.  We can't auto-create the MANIFEST at that stage because the 
MANIFEST drives the distdir process.


> Of course there's alwasy another problem...
> I put the tar.gz file on my windows box, and realize I don't know how 
> to
> install the distribution.
>
> I try th obvious things:
> 	./Build
> 	perl Build
> 	perl Build.PL
> 	perl Makefile.PL

It's this sequence:

  perl Build.PL
  perl Build
  perl Build test
  perl Build install



> But nothing works - details below if you care to look...
> I had hopes for "perl Build.PL" but it complains it can't find module
> Build - maybe I'm getting confused with Module::Install, but I thought
> everything I needed would get packaged up in the distro
> and installed from there.

Nope, Module::Build is just a standard prerequisite that you (and your 
users) need to install the usual way.  You're indeed thinking of 
Module::Install.  I think you actually could use Module::Install to 
bundle Module::Build, but I haven't tried it.

  -Ken


> ============================================================
> after untarring distro on windows:
>
> C:\tmp\SGlicense-1.02>./Build
> '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
> C:\tmp\SGlicense-1.02>Build dist
> 'Build' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
> C:\tmp\SGlicense-1.02>ls -l
> total 30
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 Lindsay  None          693 Jun 17 09:47 Build
> -rw-r--r--    1 Lindsay  None          246 Jun 17 07:17 Build.PL
> -rw-r--r--    1 Lindsay  None          154 Jun 17 03:45 Changes
> -rw-r--r--    1 Lindsay  None          458 Jun 17 09:49 MANIFEST
> -rw-r--r--    1 Lindsay  None         1150 Jun 17 09:50 META.yml
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 Lindsay  None        18330 Jun 17 16:55 Makefile
> -rw-r--r--    1 Lindsay  None          350 Jun 17 07:13 Makefile.PL
> -rw-r--r--    1 Lindsay  None         1069 Jun 17 03:45 README
> -rw-r--r--    1 Lindsay  None         2977 Jun 17 03:56 SGlicense.pm
> drwxr-xr-x+   2 Lindsay  None            0 Jun 17 09:50 _build
> drwxr-xr-x+   4 Lindsay  None            0 Jun 17 13:55 blib
> drwxr-xr-x+   5 Lindsay  None            0 Jun 17 19:51 inc
> drwxr-xr-x+   2 Lindsay  None            0 Jun 17 09:50 lib
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 Lindsay  None            0 Jun 17 13:55 pm_to_blib
> drwxr-xr-x+   2 Lindsay  None            0 Jun 17 19:51 t
>
> C:\tmp\SGlicense-1.02>type Build
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> BEGIN {
>   $^W = 1;  # Use warnings
>   chdir('/tmp/SGlicense') or die 'Cannot chdir to /tmp/SGlicense: '.$!;
>   @INC = ('/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi',
> '/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0', 
> '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-
> multi', '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0', '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl',
> '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi', '/
> usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0', '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl', '.');
> }
>
> use Module::Build;
>
> # This should have just enough arguments to be able to bootstrap the 
> rest.
> my $build = resume Module::Build (
>   properties => {
>     config_dir => '_build',
>     build_script => 'Build',
>   },
> );
>
> $build->dispatch;
>
> C:\tmp\SGlicense-1.02>perl Build
> Cannot chdir to /tmp/SGlicense: No such file or directory at Build 
> line 5.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Build line 7.
>
> C:\tmp\SGlicense-1.02>perl Build.PL
> Can't locate Module/Build.pm in @INC (@INC contains: c:/Perl/lib
> c:/Perl/site/lib .) at Build.PL line 1.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Build.PL line 1.
>
> C:\tmp\SGlicense-1.02>perl Makefile.PL
> Can't locate Module/Build.pm in @INC (@INC contains: inc c:/Perl/lib
> c:/Perl/site/lib .) at inc/Module/Install/Build.pm - /usr/lib/p
> erl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Module/Install/Build.pm line 35.
>
> C:\tmp\SGlicense-1.02>ls -l inc
> total 13
> drwxr-xr-x+   2 Lindsay  None            0 Jun 17 19:51 Crypt
> drwxr-xr-x+   3 Lindsay  None            0 Jun 17 03:57 Filter
> drwxr-xr-x+   3 Lindsay  None            0 Jun 17 19:51 Module
> -rw-r--r--    1 Lindsay  None        12857 Jun 17 07:18 warnings.pm
>
>
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