Re: [Module-build-general] Module::Build woes

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

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Ken Williams wrote:

> > See what I mean?  The idea behind M::B is great, but it simply doesn't
> > work if you are
> > stuck using CPAN.pm and trying to automate things.
>
> Complete emulation of MakeMaker-style Makefile.PL files would be great.
>   We're not there yet, though.  First we have to support all the things
> MakeMaker can do, then we have to provide the translation layer.

Also, I sent Andreas a patch a while back to make CPAN.pm support M::B
directly.  It was against 1.59_54, but I suspect it'd still apply.  I
think Ken also put it in the Module-Build CVS repository.  It doesn't add
support for M::B directives, though.


-dave

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