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[Module::Build] New Module::Build released

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

Hi,

Last night I released Module-Build-0.27_10 to CPAN.  It vanquishes a  
number of scary-looking warnings when building bleadperl on OS X.  I  
believe it also solves some build errors for Win32.  I recommend it  
gets integrated into bleadperl.

  -Ken

p.s. - I've been assuming that publishing to CPAN and requesting an  
integration is the right procedure, because there's some magical  
script out there to schlurp up CPAN releases into blead, right?

Re: [Module::Build] New Module::Build released

[John P. <jpe...@ro...>]

Ken Williams wrote:
> p.s. - I've been assuming that publishing to CPAN and requesting an 
> integration is the right procedure, because there's some magical script 
> out there to schlurp up CPAN releases into blead, right?

I believe that script is named ./Rafael ;-)

I've always provided diff's (cause it's easy enough to generate from my 
local bleadperl mirror) to save time, but since this is just a file by 
file replacement, I suspect a diff isn't any easier for him to manage...

John

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[Module::Build] Re: New Module::Build released

[Randy W. S. <ml...@th...>]

Ken Williams wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Last night I released Module-Build-0.27_10 to CPAN.  It vanquishes a  
> number of scary-looking warnings when building bleadperl on OS X.  I  
> believe it also solves some build errors for Win32.  I recommend it  
> gets integrated into bleadperl.
> 
>  -Ken
> 
> p.s. - I've been assuming that publishing to CPAN and requesting an  
> integration is the right procedure, because there's some magical  script 
> out there to schlurp up CPAN releases into blead, right?

If there is, I was never able to find it. I started to write one, but 
it's not simple to write a generic one. For ex. MB has to be built first 
and the generated M::B::ConfigData copied. I don't know if other 
dual-life modules have similar generated files or exceptions. I guess 
with the limited number of modules in core a few exceptions would be ok.

I put together diffs and tested them last night when I saw the version 
bump, so I'll go ahead and post them.

eucb.diff upgrades ExtUtils::CBuilder to 0.18
mb.diff upgrades Module::Build to 0.27_10

Randy.

[Module::Build] Re: New Module::Build released

[Rafael Garcia-S. <rga...@ma...>]

Randy W. Sims wrote:
> 
> If there is, I was never able to find it. I started to write one, but 
> it's not simple to write a generic one. For ex. MB has to be built first 
> and the generated M::B::ConfigData copied. I don't know if other 
> dual-life modules have similar generated files or exceptions. I guess 
> with the limited number of modules in core a few exceptions would be ok.

I don't think that's the case for other CPAN modules.
Currently M::B is in lib/, which means it has no Makefile.PL like
modules in ext/. However the config_data script is extracted from
utils/config_data.PL at the end of the build process.
How is ConfigData.pm generated actually ?

> I put together diffs and tested them last night when I saw the version 
> bump, so I'll go ahead and post them.
> 
> eucb.diff upgrades ExtUtils::CBuilder to 0.18
> mb.diff upgrades Module::Build to 0.27_10

Both applied as #27631, thanks.

[Module::Build] Re: New Module::Build released

[Yitzchak Scott-T. <sth...@ef...>]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 10:33:04AM +0200, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
> Randy W. Sims wrote:
> > 
> > If there is, I was never able to find it. I started to write one, but 
> > it's not simple to write a generic one. For ex. MB has to be built first 
> > and the generated M::B::ConfigData copied. I don't know if other 
> > dual-life modules have similar generated files or exceptions. I guess 
> > with the limited number of modules in core a few exceptions would be ok.
> 
> I don't think that's the case for other CPAN modules.
> Currently M::B is in lib/, which means it has no Makefile.PL like
> modules in ext/. However the config_data script is extracted from
> utils/config_data.PL at the end of the build process.
> How is ConfigData.pm generated actually ?

Background: any Module::Build-built module can have a Foo::ConfigData
containing user configuration options, later modifiable via the
config_data script.  Some modules may set information in it at
Build.PL run-time so it's created on the user's system, not the module
author's system, but for Module::Build itself, this isn't necessary.

See Module::Build::Base::ACTION_config_data and
Module::Build::Notes::write_config_data.

> > I put together diffs and tested them last night when I saw the version 
> > bump, so I'll go ahead and post them.
> > 
> > eucb.diff upgrades ExtUtils::CBuilder to 0.18
> > mb.diff upgrades Module::Build to 0.27_10
> 
> Both applied as #27631, thanks.