module-build-general

[Module::Build] Invoking Build.PL/Makefile.PL from automake?

[Tyler M. <ty...@yi...>]

	I'm working on moving a project over to automake/libtool right now.
There's perl modules in some subdirectories with their own Makefile.PL's.

	Is there already some m4 macros around that will let me build perl
modules from automake? Or any other projects doing the same thing I could
learn from? I could write my own macros or add raw makefile snippets but if
a well rounded solution already out there, I'd rather use that.

	Thanks!

		- Tyler

Re: [Module::Build] Invoking Build.PL/Makefile.PL from automake?

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

Tyler MacDonald wrote:
> 	I'm working on moving a project over to automake/libtool right now.
> There's perl modules in some subdirectories with their own Makefile.PL's.
> 
> 	Is there already some m4 macros around that will let me build perl
> modules from automake? Or any other projects doing the same thing I could
> learn from? I could write my own macros or add raw makefile snippets but if
> a well rounded solution already out there, I'd rather use that.

I don't know enough about the autotools to answer, but I'd be very 
curious to learn what you come up with.

Randy.

Re: [Module::Build] Invoking Build.PL/Makefile.PL from automake?

[Tyler M. <ty...@yi...>]

Randy W. Sims <ml...@th...> wrote:
> I don't know enough about the autotools to answer, but I'd be very 
> curious to learn what you come up with.

	So far, nothing too hot:

--snip--
PERL_MODULE = Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT/blib/arch/auto/Net/BitTorrent/LibBTT/LibBTT.so

Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT/Makefile: Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT/Makefile.PL
	cd Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT && \
        APR_CONFIG=@APR_CONFIG@ $(PERL) Makefile.PL \
        CCFLAGS="-I../.. $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)" LDDLFLAGS=$(LDDLFLAGS)

$(PERL_MODULE): Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT/Makefile
	$(MAKE) -C Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT


if BUILD_PERL

install-exec-local:: $(PERL_MODULE)
	$(MAKE) -C Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT install
        
clean-local::
	@if test -e Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT/Makefile; then $(MAKE) -C
Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT distclean; fi

all-local:: $(PERL_MODULE)

endif
--snip--


	Ideally, I want to generalize this a bit more. The main problem is
dertermining a good "make" target to signify that a module has been
compiled. There's pm_to_blib, but that's not always accurate. Or maybe I
should just dumbly "make" in the perl directory every single time an
appropriate target is invoked from outside? Either way, make/automake need a
target they can point at and say "ah, that means the perl module"...

		- Tyler