Re^2: MakeMaker/Module::Build force make install

Hmm ... there doesn't seem to be an uninstall target with Makefiles created by Module::Build:

make uninstall
make: don't know how to make uninstall. Stop
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ExtUtils::MakeMaker, on the other hand, supports uninstall.

Oh, and touching the source doesn't trick make install into installing unchanged targets either:

Skipping /foo/bar/baz/Module.pm (unchanged)
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Turns out that ExtUtils::Install checks the size and then calls compare of File::Compare which compares the content:

if ( -f $targetfile && -s _ == $size) {
    # We have a good chance, we can skip this one
    $diff = compare($sourcefile, $targetfile);
}
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Re^3: MakeMaker/Module::Build force make install
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Mar 11, 2005 at 02:45 UTC

ExtUtils::MakeMaker, on the other hand, supports uninstall

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
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Re^3: MakeMaker/Module::Build force make install
by Tanktalus (Canon) on Mar 11, 2005 at 14:06 UTC

As for the comparing - this is what I call "the computer being too smart." It gets in the way of advanced users who know what they're doing. You may need to add your own target to your makefile which does what you want - largely defeating the entire purpose of a generalised Makefile maker.

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