Distributing executable helper scripts with CPAN Distro

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Re: Distributing executable helper scripts with CPAN Distro by jettero (Monsignor) on Jan 11, 2008 at 17:51 UTC
What I usually do in a situation like this is think of someone else's module that does what I want. In the LWP Makefile.PL, I believe you'll find your answers... `if (@request_aliases) { require File::Copy; for (@request_aliases) { File::Copy::copy("bin/lwp-request", "bin/$_") \|\| die "Can't co +py bin/$_"; chmod(0755, "bin/$_"); push(@programs_to_install, $_); } } # ... WriteMakefile( NAME => 'LWP', EXE_FILES => [ map "bin/$_", @programs_to_install ], 'clean' => { FILES => join(" ", map "bin/$_", @request_aliase +s) }, );` [download] The rest of the answer is in ExtUtils::MakeMaker and or Module::Build (which I've never read myself). -Paul	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Distributing executable helper scripts with CPAN Distro by jplindstrom (Monsignor) on Jan 11, 2008 at 20:42 UTC
If you use EUMM, add this to the config chunk in Makefile.PL : `'EXE_FILES' => [ 'path/to/your_script' ],` [download] If you use MB, add this to the config chunk in Build.PL: `script_files => [ "path/to/your_script", ],` [download] /J	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Distributing executable helper scripts with CPAN Distro by ait (Hermit) on Jan 11, 2008 at 23:52 UTC
Wow, this was precisely the answer I was waiting for! I felt that Makefile.PL must have had some standard way of doing this but did not find any examples in the perl libs on my machine. I obviously did not do an extensive search however. If I could, I would vote several times on your node, although all the responses have been great!	[reply]
Re^2: Distributing executable helper scripts with CPAN Distro by ait (Hermit) on Jan 11, 2008 at 23:52 UTC
Wow, this was precisely the answer I was waiting for! I felt that Makefile.PL must have had some standard way of doing this but did not find any examples in the perl libs on my machine. I obviously did not do an extensive search however. If I could, I would vote several times on your node, although all the responses have been great also!	[reply]
Re: Distributing executable helper scripts with CPAN Distro by EvanCarroll (Chaplain) on Jan 11, 2008 at 19:10 UTC
Use Module::Install like a real man. All other build systems are deprecated... M::I is both easier and more powerful and the new version of module-starter, supports it to. There is no reason to not use it. Check out Module::Install::Scripts, which is part of M::I and offers prompt_script() Opt-in installer install_script() installs the script Evan Carroll www.EvanCarroll.com	[reply]
Re^2: Distributing executable helper scripts with CPAN Distro by jettero (Monsignor) on Jan 11, 2008 at 19:37 UTC
Use Module::Install like a real man. All other build systems are deprecated... That's a bold statement. I think there's probably a lot of E::U and E::B users that would disagree. Personally, I have no intention of switching any time soon. I think it's safe to say that M::I is easier, possibly even better, but "deprecated?" I doubt that. -Paul	[reply]