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

[Pieter Neerincx]

Hi Frank,

On  01Feb2006, at 21:39, Mark Wilkinson wrote:

> I have no problem with this.  whatever makes it more correct and  
> easier
> to use is a good thing!

I second that. The way it used to work so far surprised me a bit as  
well, but after I figured it out I was already glad it just  
worked :). If you are creating a better Makefile.PL would it be also  
possible to add the pod2html documentation file building somewhere in  
the process? Currently it's not, so the [module].html file with  
documentation might be out of sync with [module].pm :(.

Cheers,

Pi


>
> M
>
>
> On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 15:39 -0500, Frank Gibbons wrote:
>> 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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