On 28/10/02 18:52 +1100, Sisyphus wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Ingerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Sisyphus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Inline Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 6:18 PM
> Subject: Re: CPAN-MakeMaker-0.10 - start again
>
>
> > On 28/10/02 18:01 +1100, Sisyphus wrote:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Sisyphus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > > ____________________________________________
> > > > CPAN::MakeMaker should only be used inside Makefile.PL
> > > > Compilation failed in require at makefile.pl line 1.
> > > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at makefile.pl line 1.
> > > > ____________________________________________
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ok ... so I have to run 'perl Makefile.PL' instead of 'perl
> > > makefile.pl'.(That's the first time that has been an issue for me, btw.)
> >
> > Yeah. That's my sanity check. I've already fixed it to be case
> insensitive.
> >
> > >
> > > Doing that, it goes ok, but 'nmake' croaks with:
> > > makefile(706) : fatal error U1001: syntax error : illegal character '.'
> in
> > > macro
> > > Stop.
> > >
> > > (Got the same error message when I tried to build Digest::MD5 with
> > > CPAN::MakeMaker.)
> > >
> > > Line 706 is:
> > > .PHONY = cpurge chelp
> > >
> > > Here's a bit more context for you:
> > > _________________________________________
> > > # --- MakeMaker postamble section:
> > >
> > >
> > > # End.
> > > # Well, not quite. CPAN::MakeMaker is adding this:
> > >
> > > ..PHONY = cpurge chelp
> >
> > That's *two* dots? CPAN::MM only prints one dot. How in the heck did that
> get
> > in there?
> >
>
> Don't know how I managed to do that ... as I recall, it was a
> straightforward cut'n'paste with no editing done ... but there's definitely
> only one dot (I've just run it again to be certain) ... which I removed.
>
> I note that there's an earlier occurrence of '.PHONY' in the makefile. No
> problem with that one.
OK I'll pull the .PHONY line out. It's not very necessary at this point. I
was just being pedantic.
In fact, I just did it. Would you mind testing:
http://ttul.org/~ingy/release/CPAN-MakeMaker-0.11.tar.gz
Cheers, Brian
