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in thread Build.PL versus Makefile.PL

Take a few million Windows installations, for example.

Ironically, those are the ActiveState ones, which also don't play nice with Module::Build, either.

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Re^11: Build.PL versus Makefile.PL
by demerphq (Chancellor) on Feb 11, 2007 at 12:16 UTC

    IMO its easier to install nmake than it is to install Module::Build.

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      Of course, the Vanilla Perl approach is to bundle both dmake and Module::Build as part of the installation.

      :-)

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        Sure, you could also do an alien download of nmake automatically.

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