ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Specifying binary files to include in module install

Paul_A/V has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am building a module using ExtUtils::MakeMaker. I am having a difficult time trying to find a way to specify binary files that I want to install with the module into the Perl/bin or Perl/site/bin paths. There is a EXE_FILES attribute but this is strictly for specifying Perl scripts to include with the module. Short of hard coding the copying of these files to the INST_BIN path into the Makefile.PL, is there any other way to do this using MakeMaker functionality?

Respectfully, Paul

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Re: ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Specifying binary files to include in module install by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 28, 2007 at 00:05 UTC
There is a EXE_FILES attribute but this is strictly for specifying Perl scripts to include with the module Are you sure about that ? I find that any file specified in EXE_FILES gets installed into INSTALLBIN (irrespective of what that file contained). Cheers, Rob Update:Minor correction - changed "INST_BIN" to "INSTALLBIN". Update: However, this is probably not the ideal way to go about it. On Win32, not only does the EXE_FILE get installed into INSTALLBIN, but a copy of that file ("converted" to a batch file, and given a '.bat' extension) is also installed into INSTALLBIN - the assumption apparently being that EXE_FILE's are, in fact, supposed to be executable.	[reply]
Re^2: ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Specifying binary files to include in module install by Paul_A/V (Initiate) on Mar 28, 2007 at 12:55 UTC
When I list them in EXE_FILES they get processed by pl2bat so what ends up in Perl/bin is a .exe and a .exe.bat This is messy and so I was trying to find a cleaner way of doing this. Thanks. Respectfully, Paul	[reply]
Re: ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Specifying binary files to include in module install by Paul_A/V (Initiate) on Apr 02, 2007 at 20:55 UTC
I discovered a solution for this. MakeMaker configures the build to execute any *.PL (caps required on extenstion) files in the same directory as the Makefile when 'make' and 'make install' are executed. Respectfully, Paul	[reply]