Re^2: ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files

Ha. I certainly agree: it shouldn't be an issue. But it is. :)

Maybe I wasn't clear and it's totally my fault. When I said ".AppleDouble" files, I actually meant "shadow files that live inside of .AppleDouble directories". So, if I have a file "Foo.pm", I would likely also have a related file "./.AppleDouble/Foo.pm". Sorry about that.

My MANIFEST and MANIFEST.SKIP files are properly set up (and do not include .AppleDouble directories). My script is something like: make manifest; make clean; removeAppleDouble; perl Makefile.PL; make; make install On the make step, all of files like .AppleDouble/Foo.pm get put into blib. That's exactly what I'm trying to prevent!

(I don't always run that set of commands, usually all I need is removeAppleDouble; make install. But the problem is still there.)

Essentially, what I want is to stop make from looking in certain directories.

I am no expert on make, and I've been just taking the commands on faith without fully understanding the intricacies, so I may be missing something.

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Re^3: ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files by davido (Cardinal) on Jul 18, 2012 at 20:30 UTC
Then your MANIFEST.SKIP needs to have something like `\.AppleDouble/` in it. (Untested.) MANIFEST.SKIP understands regular expressions, so any expression that matches the starting part of the path ought to do the trick. Once you've included your regex to exclude `.AppleDouble` and its children, your `make manifest` should be fine. This works for .git, _Include, blib, and many other common exclusions. Dave	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files by Anonymous Monk on Jul 19, 2012 at 07:03 UTC
My script is something like: make manifest; make clean; removeAppleDouble; perl Makefile.PL; make; make install :) Well, there's your problem! `make manifest` without a MANIFEST.SKIP gets you into trouble `$ dmake manifest C:\perl\5.14.1\bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Mani +fest=mkmanifest" -e mkmanifest Added to MANIFEST: .AppleDouble/Foo.pm` [download] OOOPS `$ dmake help \|grep "make manifest" -A3 make manifest rewrites the MANIFEST file, adding all remaining files found ( +See ExtUtils::Manifest::mkmanifest() for details)` [download] With an addition to MANIFEST.SKIP all goes as planned `$ dmake manifest C:\perl\5.14.1\bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Mani +fest=mkmanifest" -e mkmanifest $ dmake skipcheck C:\perl\5.14.1\bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Mani +fest=skipcheck" -e skipcheck Skipping .AppleDouble/Foo.pm Skipping Makefile Skipping MANIFEST.bak Skipping MYMETA.json Skipping MYMETA.yml` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files by SleepyJay (Beadle) on Jul 19, 2012 at 18:18 UTC
Folks, I already covered this and I don't know how else to say it: my MANIFEST.SKIP file does indeed exist; it skips .AppleDouble folders; and the MANIFEST file itself does not contain .AppleDouble folders or files. THIS IS ALREADY IN EFFECT. And yet my make will still grab lib/Project/.AppleDouble/Foo.pm, even though the MANIFEST only says lib/Project/Foo.pm. For example: `$ make ... cp lib/Project/Foo.pm blib/lib/Project/Foo.pm cp lib/Project/.AppleDouble/Foo.pm blib/lib/Project/.AppleDouble/Foo.p +m ... $ cat MANIFEST ... lib/Project/Foo.pm ...` [download] The MANIFEST did not call for the files in the .AppleDouble folder, but they are still copied to blib. This is still a problem.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files by Anonymous Monk on Jul 20, 2012 at 00:59 UTC
The MANIFEST did not call for the files in the .AppleDouble folder, but they are still copied to blib. This is still a problem. Well, .AppleDouble/Foo.pm sure did not get copied to blib (I tested) But lib/.AppleDouble/Foop.pm did -- you should have been more specific! But I'd say its still not a problem because the purpose of MANIFEST.SKIP is to control which files get put into a tarball when you use `make dist` -- and if you do use `make dist` then the resulting tarball will be free of .AppleDouble folders Otherwise you'd have to use the icky PM_FILTER option, or the laborious PM option `PM => { 'Foo.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/Foo.pm', 'lib/Foop.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/Foop.pm', },` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files by SleepyJay (Beadle) on Jul 20, 2012 at 18:22 UTC
Solved Re^7: ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files by SleepyJay (Beadle) on Jul 20, 2012 at 19:59 UTC
Re^7: ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files by Anonymous Monk on Jul 21, 2012 at 00:38 UTC