[Module::Build] add_property()

[Peter S. <Pe...@PS...>]

I'm wondering why the add_property() method isn't exposed to the 
user?  It seems that it would be handy for my case; I have a config.yml 
file that I want installed in the etc/ directory off my target, and I'm 
hardwiring the install_base here because this is something that gets 
used at a client site.  I started with:

my $builder = Module::Build->new
     (
       install_base      => '/path/to/install',
       script_files      => [ 'dummy' ],
       yml_files         => { 'config.yml' => 
'/path/to/install/etc/dummy.yml' },
       dist_name         => 'dummy',
       dist_version_from => 'dummy',
     );
$builder->add_build_element('yml');
$builder->create_build_script;

However, I don't like having to repeat /path/to/install in there.  To 
remove the duplication I ended up doing:

my $builder = Module::Build->new
     (
       install_base      => '/path/to/install',
       script_files      => [ 'dummy' ],
       dist_name         => 'dummy',
       dist_version_from => 'dummy',
     );
sub Module::Build::find_yml_files {
   my $self = shift;
   return { map $self->localize_file_path($_),
                'config.yml' => $self->install_base . '/etc/dummy.yml'
	  };
}
$builder->add_build_element('yml');
$builder->create_build_script;


But it seems that if I had been able to call add_property, it would 
have been simpler:

my $builder = Module::Build->new
     (
       install_base      => '/path/to/install',
       script_files      => [ 'dummy' ],
       dist_name         => 'dummy',
       dist_version_from => 'dummy',
     );
$builder->add_property('yml_files');      # Method not found
$builder->yml_files({ 'config.yml' => $self->install_base . 
'/etc/dummy.yml' });
$builder->add_build_element('yml');
$builder->create_build_script;

-- 
Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
http://www.perldebugged.com/
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