I have created an installable modules using Inline::C. It works swell. Builds, installs, tests OK. But, if this module is run from w/in an embedded Perl interpreter, it fails. There may be another way around it, but I solved the problem by changing my modules as follows: 

require DynaLoader;
our @ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader);
bootstrap My::Module;

Now I can run the module from w/in embedded code as I desired. I was very happy. But, when I moved to a different machine, and went to build the module there, there is no .so file for My::Modules, so the bootstrap command fails. I can get the thing to make if I comment out the bootstrap line, but this is now not a module I can get to run under embedded perl.

So my question is: is there a way I can leave the bootstrap command in, but not have it even attempted when I am attempting the initial make? I mean something like

bootstrap My::Module if XXX;

where XXX is unknown.

Thanks for any help, oh wise ones.

In reply to bootstrap in a new module going 4 paws to moon by bgiii

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