catalyst folder structure

botongdage has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks, I have been using catalyst for a quite while. Today when I was trying to use Catalyst::Helper to create another project with the newest catalyst 5.90077. The folder structure is different. The new structure includes "blib", "inc". I am wondering what these 2 new folders are really for. I can't find any information on the structure changes. Can anyone give some hints? Really appreciated!

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Re: catalyst folder structure by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Dec 03, 2014 at 03:22 UTC
`blib` shouldn't be there; it’s an artifact of installations. Installation is not a part of setting up a Catalyst app under normal/plain circumstances. `inc` comes from/with Module::Install and keeps local dependencies, however, it should also not be there. I just ran a plain `catalyst.pl MyApp` and see nothing out of the ordinary; no `blib` and no `inc`. So I’m guessing you ran `perl Makefile.PL` at some point which generated those dirs. You don’t need to run the `Makefile.PL` to use your app. Go ahead and `rm -rf` those dirs.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: catalyst folder structure by Anonymous Monk on Dec 03, 2014 at 03:34 UTC
The origin of blib folders is MakeMaker dance Read more... (2 kB) Same goes for "inc", the origin is most likely inc::Module::Install - Module::Install configuration system As for actual catalyst? I no catalyst :D	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: catalyst folder structure by Anonymous Monk on Dec 03, 2014 at 04:46 UTC
Thanks a lot!!! Indeed, I ran Makefile.PL after the project was created.	[reply]