Re^2: Module::Build Build.PL parameter inserted by Module::Starter

I've used Module::Starter for most of my distributions and I've never encountered the described problem.

Great, thanks for replying. First, I think there's a misinterpretation to dismiss (my fault, I'm sure). When I wrote about preferring M::B over EU:MM, I was referring to cpan deciding what to do when there are both Makefile.PL and Build.PL files present in the distro. I went back and checked my CPAN config (after writing, of course ;/) and it was set up to prefer Build.PL. No idea why.

What parameters did you call module-starter with?
Sorry, I'm afraid I don't recall. It was several weeks ago and it has scrolled off my bash history. Whatever I did, I ended up with both a Makefile.PL and a Build.PL file. Let's see ... just tested it, yeah, you can do that by providing
both --eumm and --mb on the commandline. I must have done that?

What version of Module::Starter did you use?
$Module::Starter::VERSION == 1.78

Sep 02, 2025 at 22:26 UTC

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Re^3: Module::Build Build.PL parameter inserted by Module::Starter - fatal error by kcott (Archbishop) on Sep 03, 2025 at 20:21 UTC
G'day Intrepid, "Sorry, I'm afraid I don't recall. It was several weeks ago and it has scrolled off my bash history. Whatever I did, I ended up with both a Makefile.PL and a Build.PL file. Let's see ... just tested it, yeah, you can do that by providing both --eumm and --mb on the commandline. I must have done that?" Check your `~/.module-starter/config` file. I have: `ken@titan ~/.module-starter $ cat config \| grep build builder: ExtUtils::MakeMaker` [download] The `builder` entry takes a space-separated list. Perhaps you have something like this: `builder: ExtUtils::MakeMaker Module::Build` [download] I believe that would cause the "ended up with both a Makefile.PL and a Build.PL file" situation. — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Module::Build Build.PL parameter inserted by Module::Starter - fatal error by Intrepid (Curate) on Sep 18, 2025 at 17:19 UTC
Ken wrote: Check your ~/.module-starter/config file I didn't have such a file, I just starting in using module-starter without any config, just cli options. I've created one now, it's a good idea to have your prefs be consistent from one usage to another. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'm gonna point out that there's a spec that recommends a filesystem location for config files. Quoting: `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` defines the base directory relative to which user-specific configuration files should be stored. If it is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used. It's probably the least observed of the recommendations in that document; it's a widely defaulted-to convention to locate a dotfile or dotdir directly under the user's HOME. But after awhile this fills up ~ with many config files/dirs and arguably this is not a good thing. — Soren Sep 18, 2025 at 17:18 UTC	[reply]