What about using MakeMaker for installing other things then perl?

Guy I work with is in love with bash, and codes some useful things- but he had some problems coming up with docs and getting the machine to put the executable in the right place. So.. we tried out ExtUtils::MakeMaker - which is what i use for all my module stuffs. And he's now documenting in POD which is a gem compared to creepy roff.

I get a bad little feeling in my tummy seeing what looks like.. perl abuse? Should he just write it straight out in perl? Or.. Is it ok to write bash etc and use a few perl tools to make it easier? - we do this a lot around here and I don't want to start a really bad perl practice

In reply to (OT) ok to use pod and ExtUtils::MakeMaker to install bash scripts? by leocharre

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