I've used Algorithm::Dependency::Ordered for this sort of thing. If you can show a specific example of what it doesn't do, perhaps someone will suggest a solution.

Rebuild the dependency graph when something changes instead of using rules for updating the graph. Incremental graph-update functions are certainly possible to write, but many graph modules don't support it.

"Age/change state" can be checked with ordinary date modules or functions. Do you need something else?

How many dependencies do you have? If you have more than about 50,000 you may have a difficult job. If you have more than about 3,000,000 it can be very tough.

It should work perfectly the first time! - toma

In reply to Re: make-like dependency tools in perl by toma
in thread make-like dependency tools in perl by bsb

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