custom behavior with Module::Install/MakeMaker during standard CPAN install sequence

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Hello, I am using Module::Install to build a MakeMaker-style Makefile.PL

I have some additional behavior coded up in a make target called sakila:

postamble <<EOPOST;
sakila:
    ./etc/install_sakila.pl
EOPOST
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that I would like to run when "make" is run on this unpacked distribution. How can I have "make sakila" run when a user (or CPAN.pm) runs "make" on this distribution?

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Re: custom behavior with Module::Install/MakeMaker during standard CPAN install sequence by bingos (Vicar) on May 08, 2010 at 16:04 UTC
You can do it by amending your postamble slightly and adding sakila to the all target which is what is run when you simply type make: `postamble <<EOPOST; all :: sakila sakila: ./etc/install_sakila.pl EOPOST` [download]	[reply] [d/l]