Greetings, Monks.

I've been laboring over this for awhile, and can't seem to come up with the ultimate/ideal answer.

More specifically; If I intend to create a distribution comprised of only a simple Perl script (somescript.pl). Does it make any sense to even attempt a typical install? 

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
# if all tests pass
make install

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or does it simply make more sense to make the install sub simply emit a message: 
This really isn't a Perl Module proper, but more a utility\n
script, written in Perl. You would probably be best served by\n
copying this script to your local (s)bindir, or to your systems\n
equivalent (if you posses the rights to do so).

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If in the "traditional" sense of a distribution; how might I best determine what system (OS) I'm on, in order to copy the script to a proper "bindir". I'm guessing to the Perl dir is probably the best choice. But thought I'd ask. To get thoughts on the matter, I hadn't already considered.

Tnanks for all your consideration.

--Chris

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;

In reply to What's the best way to handle the installation and or distribution of a Perl script? by taint

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