in reply to Re^10: Build.PL versus Makefile.PL
in thread Build.PL versus Makefile.PL

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

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Re^12: Build.PL versus Makefile.PL
by xdg (Monsignor) on Feb 11, 2007 at 13:06 UTC

    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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        Now that Andreas is actively working on CPAN.pm and taking patches, it's tempting to add that to CPAN.pm.

        my $make = $Config{make} . $Config{_exe}; my @path = split $Config{path_sep}, $ENV{PATH}; unless ( grep { -x File::Spec->catfile( $_, $make ) } @path ) { # alien download and install }

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