Peter Farr wrote:
>Everything else has a
>Makefile.PL that produces a Makefile, but DateTime only has a Build.PL.
This is a new (well, new*er*) installation protocol. With a Makefile.PL
you're accustomed to the sequence
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
With a Build.PL you instead to
perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install
The advantage of the new protocol, where Build.PL creates a Perl script
named "Build", is that the process no longer relies on make(1), the
availability and behaviour of which is highly variable.
-zefram
