[MOBY-dev] [moby] Here's a question....

[Frank Gibbons]

At 03:21 PM 2/1/2006, you wrote:
>Anyway, I'm glad to know that it's not just me ;-). I'm going to try to
>configure Makefile.PL to properly handle dependencies, so that it works
>like it's supposed to. I think there's some kind of variable to tell it
>where to find the real code - we should point it at MOBY (not lib/MOBY, the
>default)

Anyone know of a good reason to explicitly copy the code from MOBY to lib/MOBY?

ExtUtils::MakeMaker has a variable (called 'PMLIBDIRS') that allows you to 
tell perl where the source code lives, so there's no need to copy it from 
one place to another, just point it to the right place, and you're all set. 
It defaults to ["lib", "MOBY"], and perhaps that's why the copying 
statement was added. But really it's unnecessary (as I see it), and 
confusing. I intend to check in a new Makefile.PL that uses PMLIBDIRS and 
does away with the copying.

Let me know if there's a good reason for NOT changing things (maybe it 
won't work on Mac OS 9? maybe it only works in Perl 5.6.x or better?). I'll 
check in within 24 hours, otherwise.

The reason FOR this change is to follow the implicit rules of building a 
perl module (or any software using 'make'). Rebuilding should be 
accomplishable by typing "make", nothing more.

-Frank


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