Re: h2xs makemaker

2001-03-12 Thread Dominic Mitchell 

On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 04:09:17PM +, Robin Szemeti wrote:
 
 whilst getting to grips with h2xs this week (which is nowhere near as
 scary as i thought) I read a really good tutorial on building perl
 modules that started with:
 
 1) use h2xs
 2) use h2xs
 3) USE H2XS
 
 I think it twas in html .. it might have been in the mod_perl
 documentation.
 
 the long and short of it is: I have bleeding forgotten where the f it is
 and despite searcing can I find it? .. nope. and its beginning to bug me
 .. lots.

Well, the ExtUtils::MakeMaker man page contains similiar words of
wisdom, but I don't think it's really what you're after...

   How To Write A Makefile.PL

   The short answer is: Don't.

   Always begin with h2xs.
   Always begin with h2xs!
   ALWAYS BEGIN WITH H2XS!

   even if you're not building around a header file, and even
   if you don't have an XS component.

-Dom

Re: h2xs makemaker

2001-03-11 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton 

Robin Szemeti [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*
*anyone who recognises what I'm talkning about and can give a filename or
*URI please put me out of my misery and remind me where it was.

h2xs is the best little secret around though I will note that the new
'instant perl modules' book does actually have a small blurb about it.

http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/perl/module_mechanics.html
http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/perl/module_anatomy.html

Steven also had these published on Perlmonth as I recall. 

e.