Re: [Module::Build] Re: Installing arbitrary files with Module::Build

[Ken Y. C. <kc...@lo...>]

> On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 04:14  PM, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
>=20
> >Greetings.  I've been trying to decide whether to use Module::Build
> >for a new project I'm working on.
> >
> >One thing that's very difficult with MakeMaker is installing files
> >other than scripts and modules.  I often want to install configuration
> >files in /etc, Mason components in the document root, etc.  I had been
> >doing this with MakeMaker by overriding the method that produces the
> >install target and substituting commands to install files to other
> >destinations.  Can Module::Build do this more elegantly?
> >
> >I also wonder if Module::Build can help me with another problem
> >brought about by a recent change in MakeMaker.  Although I can still
> >specify custom parameters that may be passed via environment variables
> >when executing Makefile.PL, it will no longer let me pass my own
> >custom parameters to WriteMakefile.  I do that for things like Mason
> >component roots.  We need to know the component root at install time
> >so we can install the components there, but we also need it at run
> >time to create the ApacheHandler object.  So I'd like to be able to
> >pass it just once to WriteMakefile,
> >
> >--=20
> >Andrew J. Korty, Principal Security Engineer, GCIA, GCFA
> >Office of the Vice President for Information Technology
> >Indiana University

Andrew,

I wanted to use Module::Build for this exact same reason.  I found it
pretty easy to subclass M::B and install templates and config files
and such.  You can see what I did (and possibly tell me if I could do
it better) by downloading the "cmap-0.09.tar.gz" from here:

    https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3D27707

ky