Re: [OT] Problems preparing a module for CPAN
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Langhoff) wrote: >% h2xs -AX -n Mail::Vmailmgr >% cd Mail/ >% vi Vmailmgr.pm > >and wrote all of my module there, picking what h2xs had prepared. >Now when I follow the next step, it fails: > >% make dist >make: *** No rule to make target `dist'. Stop. You need to create the makefile (by doing perl Makefile.PL) before you can start issuing 'make' commands. The 'dist' target in the makefile is created automatically by your Makefile.PL. O, what I wouldn't give for the standard module builder to be based on Perl and not 'make'. ------ Ken Williams Last Bastion of Euclidity [EMAIL PROTECTED]The Math Forum
Re: [OT] Problems preparing a module for CPAN
> hi, > > once again, steering off-topic ... :( > > I've got a nice little module (Mail::Vmailmgr) I am trying to bundle > in the standard CPAN fashion, so that it has a proper Makefile.PL, > etc. > > I am following my Perl Cookbook, recipe 12.8 ... steps taken: > > % h2xs -AX -n Mail::Vmailmgr > % cd Mail/ > % vi Vmailmgr.pm > > and wrote all of my module there, picking what h2xs had prepared. > Now when I follow the next step, it fails: > > % make dist > make: *** No rule to make target `dist'. Stop. > > And neither `man perlmod`, `man perlmodlib`, CPAN or O'Reilly's > errata page has any hint ... > > Now many fellow hackers here seem to be releasing successfully to > CPAN... so ... what's the secret? What am I missing? (a neuron or > two, maybe?) > > > martin > Try man perlxs man xsubpp man ExtUtils::MakeMaker for some more documentation. Quick Start your Makefile.PL should look something like this for one of my perl only modules. It is only slightly different for modules that contain C generated stuff. use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; # See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence # the contents of the Makefile that is written. WriteMakefile( 'NAME' => 'BZS::Access', 'VERSION_FROM' => 'Access.pm', # finds $VERSION 'PREREQ_PM' => {'BZS::CryptHash'=> '2.04'}, 'dist' => {COMPRESS=>'gzip', SUFFIX=>'gz'} ); Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OT] Problems preparing a module for CPAN
hi, once again, steering off-topic ... :( I've got a nice little module (Mail::Vmailmgr) I am trying to bundle in the standard CPAN fashion, so that it has a proper Makefile.PL, etc. I am following my Perl Cookbook, recipe 12.8 ... steps taken: % h2xs -AX -n Mail::Vmailmgr % cd Mail/ % vi Vmailmgr.pm and wrote all of my module there, picking what h2xs had prepared. Now when I follow the next step, it fails: % make dist make: *** No rule to make target `dist'. Stop. And neither `man perlmod`, `man perlmodlib`, CPAN or O'Reilly's errata page has any hint ... Now many fellow hackers here seem to be releasing successfully to CPAN... so ... what's the secret? What am I missing? (a neuron or two, maybe?) martin