Re: [Module::Build] Re: something broken between Module::Build, CPAN.pm, and ExtUtils::MakeMaker in 5.8.8 for UINST=1

[Chris D. <ch...@cl...>]

On Feb 14, 2006, at 2:40 PM, Tyler MacDonald wrote:

> 	Well it would only clobber the file if it contained the
> "auto-generated" line, so I think that's safe, but if you want to be
> *really* paranoid, how about having the dist actions fail if you  
> havent
> specified a "create_makfile_pl" arg? (one of the exsitng ones or  
> "skip").

I just tested and CVS HEAD M::B happily overwrote a hand-made  
Makefile.PL when I added 'traditional' to Build.PL and ran "Build  
distdir".  Luckily, I had it in SVN so it was an easy restore.

Chris
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