Re^2: ExtUtils::MakeMaker, Makefile.PL: modify existing targets like "all" (as in make all) or "install"

OK, but do I have to run the overwritten method explicitly? It seems to do nothing:

use 5.006;
use strict;
use warnings;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;

my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
    NAME             => 'A::B',
    AUTHOR           => q{ah <abc@abc.abc>},
    VERSION_FROM     => 'lib/A/B.pm',
    ABSTRACT_FROM    => 'lib/A/B.pm',
    LICENSE          => 'artistic_2',
    MIN_PERL_VERSION => '5.006',
    CONFIGURE_REQUIRES => {
        'ExtUtils::MakeMaker' => '0',
    },
    TEST_REQUIRES => {
        'Test::More' => '0',
    },
    PREREQ_PM => {
        #'ABC'              => '1.6',
        #'Foo::Bar::Module' => '5.0401',
    },
    dist  => { COMPRESS => 'gzip -9f', SUFFIX => 'gz', },
    clean => { FILES => 'A-B-*' },
);

# Compatibility with old versions of ExtUtils::MakeMaker
unless (eval { ExtUtils::MakeMaker->VERSION('6.64'); 1 }) {
    my $test_requires = delete $WriteMakefileArgs{TEST_REQUIRES} || {}
+;
    @{$WriteMakefileArgs{PREREQ_PM}}{keys %$test_requires} = values %$
+test_requires;
}

unless (eval { ExtUtils::MakeMaker->VERSION('6.55_03'); 1 }) {
    my $build_requires = delete $WriteMakefileArgs{BUILD_REQUIRES} || 
+{};
    @{$WriteMakefileArgs{PREREQ_PM}}{keys %$build_requires} = values %
+$build_requires;
}

delete $WriteMakefileArgs{CONFIGURE_REQUIRES}
    unless eval { ExtUtils::MakeMaker->VERSION('6.52'); 1 };
delete $WriteMakefileArgs{MIN_PERL_VERSION}
    unless eval { ExtUtils::MakeMaker->VERSION('6.48'); 1 };
delete $WriteMakefileArgs{LICENSE}
    unless eval { ExtUtils::MakeMaker->VERSION('6.31'); 1 };

WriteMakefile(%WriteMakefileArgs);

sub MY::all_target {
    my $self = shift;
die 123;
    return <<'MAKE_EXT';
all :: pure_all translations manifypods
        $(NOECHO) $(NOOP)
MAKE_EXT
}
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Also, no change if placed before WriteMakefile()

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Re^3: ExtUtils::MakeMaker, Makefile.PL: modify existing targets like "all" (as in make all) or "install" by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 17, 2025 at 16:42 UTC
Weird. I was going from Overriding MakeMaker Methods, where it claims that stuffing things into `MY::` will make them override the rest. This is somewhat mildly corroborated by the EU:MM object hierarchy but I have to shamefully admit that I did not test this.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: ExtUtils::MakeMaker, Makefile.PL: modify existing targets like "all" (as in make all) or "install" by bliako (Abbot) on Sep 18, 2025 at 08:26 UTC
Oh I found something in ExtUtils::MM_Unix: `Not all of the methods below are overridable in a Makefile.PL. Overridable methods are marked as (o). All methods are overridable by a platform specific MM_*.pm file.` [download] So, for example `sub MY::c_o { "hello" }` works but `sub MY::all_target{ ... }` does not. I ended up using `all_targets(o)` like this (note that I am using the 2nd method you mentioned, i.e. overriding by creating the MY package explicitly because I want access to the SUPER: `... WriteMakefile(%WriteMakefileArgs); package MY; sub top_targets { my $self = shift; my $orig_all = $self->SUPER::top_targets(); # translations target at the end here: $orig_all =~ s/\blinkext\b/linkext translations/; return $orig_all }` [download] This works but I am absolutely not sure I have the order of the targets right.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: ExtUtils::MakeMaker, Makefile.PL: modify existing targets like "all" (as in make all) or "install" by choroba (Cardinal) on Sep 17, 2025 at 16:31 UTC
You were supposed to subclass the ExtUtils::MakeMaker into the MY class, if I understand it correctly. Do I? `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l]