I don't think any module authors ever deal with it.

I think you're right about that.
And, wrt my own modules, I'm now happy to utilize the solution that hippo provided.

But there's the question of what to do about other people's modules on CPAN.
For example, there's the pure-perl module Math::AnyNum that depends upon a number of perl extensions.
Should I suggest to the Math::AnyNum author that he also apply hippo's fix to his module ?
Or should I just deal with it myself ? - either by patching the Math::AnyNum Makefile.PL, or by doctoring the make install command as suggested by hv ?
I tend to think that it's probably up to me to deal with it privately, but I might mention the issue to the Math::AnyNum author to ensure that he's at least aware of the issue.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^2: How to tell EU::MM to install a pure-perl module into an architecture-specific location by syphilis
in thread How to tell EU::MM to install a pure-perl module into an architecture-specific location by syphilis

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