On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> i *think* i've seen this before, but i can't remember any
> modules that did it (and if i did, they'd probably be so
> advanced i wouldn't undertand.. ;-).
>
> what is the correct method of asking for input from the
> console when running tests?
Check out my Mail::Mbox::MessageParser module. You want to give distribution
builders an noninteractive way of giving answers:
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/foo PAGER=/usr/bin/less
and you also want to give default values for automatic installs like the CPAN
module might do if it is run noninteractively. Here you want to do something
like:
my $install_location = ExtUtils::MakeMaker::prompt(
"Choose your installation type:\n[1] normal Perl locations\n" .
"[2] custom locations\n=>" => '1');
David
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