in reply to pl – Perl One-Liner Magic Wand: looking for feedback

It looks really interesting, but installing it from CPAN doesn't seem to work. I mean the install doesn't fail 
% cpanm App::pl
--> Working on App::pl
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PF/PFEIFFER/App-pl-v0.63.2.t
+gz ... OK
Configuring App-pl-v0.63.2 ... OK
Building and testing App-pl-v0.63.2 ... OK
Successfully installed App-pl-v0.63.2
1 distribution installed

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This just doesn't seem to install anything. As a comparison, installing App::cpanminus installs a program called cpanm

Also, when I repeat the above command, the output looks the same i.e. it re-installs instead of saying that App::pl is up to date (and still nothing is installed).

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Re^2: pl – Perl One-Liner Magic Wand: looking for feedback
by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 04, 2022 at 16:42 UTC

    The Makefile.PL should contain something like:

    "EXE_FILES" => [
    "bin/pl"
  ],

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    Where the pl file would actually be in bin directory within the distribution. There's no sense in App: distribution if the module just warns:This is a just dummy package for CPAN.  Please run the script 'pl' directly!.

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      Thanks for the tip! It's fixed.
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        Hello DanielPfeiffer,

        I'm mad for oneliners.. :) so I'd like to investigate this, but I have some test failed (strawberry perl portable)

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        The only thing I find atm is a SO post where #!perl -W seems guilty and you have use warnings 'all'; in all your tests.

        HtH

        L*

        There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
        Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.
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        Have you tested what happens when installing it with cpanm (or just cpan)? It's still not installing anything (I'm using a Mac).
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