I have an existing structure of modules that live and work well and are installed via one Makefile. I want to add to that structure new dirs/mods (i have added perl module shells according to the needed Object Oriented heirarchy). While I flush out the new dirs/mods, I want to be able to bring each new module live as I finish it (add it via the make process). I viewed a few messages in the Archives that suggested using a MANIFEST.SKIP file. I edited the file and included regexes for the dirs/mods that I wanted left out. I ran:

$>perl Makefile.PL
$>make manifest
$>make realclean

I noticed that this gave me the correct MANIFEST file with only the dirs/mods that I want to install via make, I also saw confirmation via STDOUT that the modules were being excluded from MANIFEST. However, when I later did:

$>perl Makefile.PL
$>make

I noticed via STDOUT and also in my Makefile that the mods I wanted to exclude are still being prepared.

Any help or comments would be much appreciated. Thank you.

In reply to Understanding MANIFEST and MANIFEST.SKIP to avoid making dirs/modules. by teikweidi

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