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

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

On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 09:01  AM, Jaap Karssenberg wrote:

> 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;

By "run-time", do you mean during "Build test", or after the module is 
installed?  If it's the former, you can use the 
Module::Build->current() method, then use the interface of the returned 
object.  If it's the latter, M::B currently doesn't have much to help 
in this area.

  -Ken