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=head1 TITLE
Perl modules should be built with a Perl make program
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Mark Leighton Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Sept 2000
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 349
Version: 1
Status: Developing
=head1 ABSTRACT
Everything but the 'perl' binary should be built with a make
program written in Perl.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
There are inconsistencies between the versions of 'make'.
We already have (from what I've gathered) quite reasonable
make-like programs in Perl (pmake and cons). Using one
tool written in Perl would make the build process both
more reliable and more consistent by reducing the number
of system-dependent entities in the build process.
If a cons-like tool is chosen there is also the advantage
of using a tool better able to handle complex builds.
=head1 IMPLEMENTATION
Probably either pmake or cons should be chosen rather than
writing a tool from scratch, although virtual targets (targets
like 'install' or 'all') should be added to cons before it
is used in the Perl module build process.
There should be a module corresponding to ExtUtils::MakeMaker
that generates makefiles for the new Perl make-like program.
=head1 REFERENCES
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
