Lack of tar?

Make::Maker generates a makefile which has the following variables:

# --- MakeMaker dist section:

DISTVNAME = $(DISTNAME)-$(VERSION)
TAR  = tar
TARFLAGS = cvf
ZIP  = zip
ZIPFLAGS = -r
COMPRESS = gzip --best
SUFFIX = .gz
SHAR = shar
PREOP = @$(NOOP)
POSTOP = @$(NOOP)
TO_UNIX = @$(NOOP)
CI = ci -u
RCS_LABEL = rcs -Nv$(VERSION_SYM): -q
DIST_CP = best
DIST_DEFAULT = tardist
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______crazyinsomniac_____________________________ Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. perl -e "$q=$_;map({chr unpack qq;H*;,$_}split(q;;,q*H*));print;$q/$q;"

I would like to see `perl make' one of these days, no need for make or nmake or dmake or whatever crazy make there is ;D

Make.pm?. I came across this beauty a couple of months ago. It comes with pmake, a perl replacement for make/nmake etc. But you can also use the module in your own install scripts.

Simon Flack ($code or die)
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There are also exist Module::Build module which doesn't try to emulate make but instead suggests make-less solution for Perl module installers.

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Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/)

Doesn't Archive::Tar come with a command-line pure-Perl tar, ptar?

Chris
M-x auto-bs-mode