Konovalov, Vadim wrote:
>
> Actually, as long as same thing should be performed for XS_loader and may be
> some other files (lib_pm.pl), it could be reasonable to move subroutine
> 'expand_os_specific' somewhere (may be to lib/Devel/* directory)?
That's right. Probably a .pl file; I don't know if it needs to be
installed (as it will be used only by perl's build process)
> > Actually, I'd rather have PERL_BUILD_EXPAND_CONFIG_VARS and
> > PERL_BUILD_EXPAND_ENV_VARS fixed that removed.
>
> Ok, my patch improves situation a bit with PERL_BUILD_EXPAND_CONFIG_VARS
>
> May in case it will remain in source tree, it should be documented as
> well...
> I found it only in 3 files:
> Changes5.8
> Dynaloader_pm.PL
> lib_pm.PL
> ... and never documented.
>
> Probably it is used to distinguish perl-lib search behaviour between ancient
> (even before 5.004_02?) and modern perls ?
I don't know. It's too old for me :)
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