[Module::Build] .PL files && Module::Build

[Jaap K. <j.g...@st...>]

Greetings,

I'm trying to move a rather large package to Module::Build. It has lot's
of custom built-time config so I moved away from MM a while ago and have
used a hack for a while.

I have to rely on .PL files a lot now to do config stuff and I was
wondering whether there is an interface in Module::Build to get build
variables. Basicly I want to know the run-time equivalent of the
contents of _build/build_params. The hack would be to read build_params
myself, but this won't be portable I guess; also if the user supplies
commandline arguments to ./Build they get ignored. 
If Module::Build does not provide this (yet) I will write a patch that
ads an option to dumps the run-time variables to a tmp file.

Do you plan to have the 'checkdeps' (check dependenies) and
'installdeps' (install dependencies from CPAN) actions ?
Would you include these if I send you a patch ?

Nice work so far, like it better then MM allready :)

	Jaap Karssenberg <pa...@cp...>

PS. sorry for not directly using the list - didn't see it at first

P.P.S. And another question, where do I leave extra manpages for section
1, could there be a equivalent for 'pod_files', 'pod1_files' or
something similar ?

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