Yup, I was talking about a CPAN distribution, and installing a shell script (or Python script, or some other non-Perl script) via MakeMaker. I'm wondering a quick-hack solution of adding Makefile parameters/targets like this: 

SHELL_EXE_FILES = bin-sh/somescript
PYTHON_EXE_FILES = bin-py/somescript2

$(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript :: bin-sh/somescript ...
    $(NOECHO) $(RM_F) $(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript
    $(CP) bin-sh/somescript $(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript
    $(FIXIN) bin-sh/somescript $(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript
    -$(NOECHO) $(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) $(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript

$(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript2 :: bin-py/somescript2 ...
    $(NOECHO) $(RM_F) $(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript2
    $(CP) bin-py/somescript2 $(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript2
    $(FIXIN) bin-py/somescript2 $(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript2
    -$(NOECHO) $(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) $(INST_SCRIPT)/somescript2

The non-Perl scripts will be installed like Perl scripts, except they won't get a manpage (or they could, if we put a POD either inside the script or somewhere else, inside the script if the language supports something equivalent to Perl's __END__), and in the fixin step the appropriate shebang will be chosen.

In reply to Re^2: Distributing non-Perl script in a Perl distribution? by perlancar
in thread Distributing non-Perl script in a Perl distribution? by perlancar

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