I'm trying to build the pure perl version of version.pm in the cpan shell.

According to the README, it says you can do this by: 

 
This release includes an optional pure Perl implementation (in case
you don't have a C-compiler or if some reason you want your code to be
much slower).  You can test it by calling the build script as

    $ perl Build.PL --perl_only

and it will install the Perl only version.

OR

To install with ExtUtils::MakeMaker:

   $ perl Makefile.PL
   $ make
   $ make test
   # make install

and correspondingly

   $ perl Makefile.PL --perl_only

will install the Perl only version.

Is there a way to send this paramater to whatever utility is used to build the module, while in the CPAN shell?

Something like: 

 
cpan> install version --perl_only

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(which, obviously, doesn't work) I'm guessing this may have to do with tweaking the conf makepl_arg stuff, which wouldn't be the worst thing to have to do.

Any clues?

 

-justin simoni
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In reply to CPAN shell - passing params for module installation by skazat

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