perl.makemaker...Re: Using MAN1PODS by Michael G Schwern- March 19, 2008 Alberto Simões wrote:> My question is:> - shouldn&39;t it be just> MAN1PODS => > &39;srcjspell.pod&39; => &39;jspell.1&39;,> &39;srcjspellaff.pod&39; => &39;jspellaff.1&39;,> &39;srcjbuild.pod&39; => &39;jbuild.1&39;,> &39;scriptsjspell-dict&39; => &39;jspell-dict.1&39;,> ,> as we know they are man1pods, and thus should be placed on blibman1You&39;re about 10 years too late to...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2938.html Using MAN1PODS by Alberto Simes- March 19, 2008 Hi, folksAccordingly with the documentation of MakeMaker: MAN1PODS Hashref of pod-containing files. MakeMaker will default this to all EXE_FILES files that include POD directives. The files listed here will be converted to man pages and installed as was requested at Configure time.I found out this documentation quite difficult to understand.The code I got working was: MAN1PODS => &39;srcjspell.pod&39; =>...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2937.html Re: Knowing INSTALL_BASE value by Alberto Simes- March 19, 2008 Michael G Schwern wrote:> brian d foy wrote:>> If you are just processing dist to discover information, you can write>> your own WriteMakefile routine and grab the answers that way. Look>> inside Test::Prereq, for instance. I don&39;t like having to do it that>> way, but I haven&39;t come up with something better.> > It is not documented, but WriteMakefile() returns the MM object. It&39;s > unlikely to go away as it&39;s very handy for testing. I should...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2936.html Re: Knowing INSTALL_BASE value by Michael G Schwern- March 18, 2008 brian d foy wrote:> If you are just processing dist to discover information, you can write> your own WriteMakefile routine and grab the answers that way. Look> inside Test::Prereq, for instance. I don&39;t like having to do it that> way, but I haven&39;t come up with something better.It is not documented, but WriteMakefile() returns the MM object. It&39;s unlikely to go away as it&39;s very handy for testing. I should probably just document it.-- Look at me talking when there&39;s.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2935.html Re: Knowing INSTALL_BASE value by brian d foy- March 18, 2008 This message was both posted and mailed: see the "To," "Cc," and "Newsgroups" headers for details. In article <47E0058C.8040006alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt>, Alberto Simões<albiealfarrabio.di.uminho.pt> wrote:> is there any change on getting the current &39;guess&39; for INSTALL_BASE (the > default, or the one supplied by the user on the command line) before > running the WriteMakefile functionIf you are just processing dist to discover...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2934.html Re: Knowing INSTALL_BASE value by Michael G Schwern- March 18, 2008 Alberto Simões wrote:> I need to edit a C header file and change the... well... prefix :)Shouldn&39;t it let the include path handle that sort of thing-- Stabbing you in the face so you don&39;t have to.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2933.html Re: Knowing INSTALL_BASE value by Alberto Simes- March 18, 2008 Michael G Schwern wrote:> Alberto Simões wrote:>> Michael G Schwern wrote:>>> Alberto Simões wrote:>>>> is there any change on getting the current &39;guess&39; for INSTALL_BASE >>>> (the default, or the one supplied by the user on the command line) >>>> before running the WriteMakefile function>>>>>> I smell an XY problem. Why do you need to know that>>>>> Probably I won&39;t need it on...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2932.html Re: Knowing INSTALL_BASE value by Michael G Schwern- March 18, 2008 Alberto Simões wrote:> Michael G Schwern wrote:>> Alberto Simões wrote:>>> is there any change on getting the current &39;guess&39; for INSTALL_BASE >>> (the default, or the one supplied by the user on the command line) >>> before running the WriteMakefile function>>>> I smell an XY problem. Why do you need to know that>>> Probably I won&39;t need it on Makefile.PL, and need it on another script. > There I can probably...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2931.html Re: Knowing INSTALL_BASE value by Alberto Simes- March 18, 2008 Michael G Schwern wrote:> Alberto Simões wrote:>> is there any change on getting the current &39;guess&39; for INSTALL_BASE >> (the default, or the one supplied by the user on the command line) >> before running the WriteMakefile function> > I smell an XY problem. Why do you need to know that> Probably I won&39;t need it on Makefile.PL, and need it on another script. There I can probably grep the Makefile and check if there is that variable.This has been an.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2930.html Re: Knowing INSTALL_BASE value by Michael G Schwern- March 18, 2008 Alberto Simões wrote:> is there any change on getting the current &39;guess&39; for INSTALL_BASE (the > default, or the one supplied by the user on the command line) before > running the WriteMakefile functionI smell an XY problem. Why do you need to know that-- Life is like a sewer - what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. - Tom Lehrerhttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.makemaker/2008/03/msg2929.html |