On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Orton, Yves wrote: > Well, I find it odd that it works the way it does. CPAN expects a > Makefile.PL. If an author doesnt bother to have makefile.pl created (my > understanding is that this is not default, I await correction) then the > module is not auto installable by a large cross section of the deployed > Perls out there. This is an odd decision about a system intended to replace > MakeMaker IMO. Build.PL should disappear and be replaced entirely by > Makefile.pl.
I wrote a patch for CPAN.pm to add support for Module::Build. To address your complain that Build.PL should be called Makefile.PL, if this were to happen, you'd then complain that Module::Build doesn't accept all the same options as EU::MM. This is intentional, because many of the EU::MM options are implemented in a rather crufty way. A good example is PREFIX. Trying to duplicate this logic really isn't worth it, so Ken chose a much simpler way of doing local installs. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
