Bug #16793 for version: Switch installer to Module::Install?

Thu Dec 29 15:18:15 2005 adamk [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

Switch installer to Module::Install?

People are going to have problem with Module::Build, have you considered switching over to Module::Install, since you don't seem to do anything hugely weird. That would mean that people could run either Makefile.PL with makemaker, or Build.PL with Module::Build as they see fit. And it means everyone dependending on this can do non-root PREFIX installs again.

Thu Dec 29 15:29:38 2005 jpeacock [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

[ADAMK - Thu Dec 29 15:18:15 2005]: Show quoted text

> People are going to have problem with Module::Build, have you > considered switching over to Module::Install, since you don't seem > to do anything hugely weird.

I'll have to research this. Show quoted text

> And it means everyone dependending on this can do non-root PREFIX > installs again.

This has already been fixed in the latest Module::Build 0.27_04 beta which will shortly become 0.28, as I understand it. John

Thu Dec 29 15:29:44 2005 jpeacock [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri Jan 13 16:00:02 2006 jpeacock [...] cpan.org - Taken

Mon Feb 13 11:20:01 2006 jpeacock [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I'm going to mark this as WONTFIX. I don't actually see any documentation for Module::Install on how to perform complicated XS compilation; it seems more focused on pure Perl modules. In addition, the upcoming 0.54 release will polymophically install either an XS version object or a pure Perl version object (depending on whether the user has a working compiler). I don't think I could do things nearly as cleanly in Module::Install (or EU::MM for that matter) as I can in Module::Build. Thanks John

Mon Feb 13 11:20:02 2006 jpeacock [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Tue Feb 14 05:48:30 2006 adam [...] phase-n.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #16793] Switch installer to Module::Install?
Date:	Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:44:52 +1100
To:	bug-version [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Adam Kennedy <adam [...] phase-n.com>

Right. I'm writing the documentation, and I'm still getting the details for this to put together the documentation for XS and compilation. For the polymorphic one, it's basically just. if ( can_cc() ) { # Do something } else { # Do something else } The can_cc function is a true/false "is there a compiler available" flag. I'll try to get you some more information on the compiler functionality in Module::Install, once I know enough to document it. Adam K via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> I'm going to mark this as WONTFIX. I don't actually see any > documentation for Module::Install on how to perform complicated XS > compilation; it seems more focused on pure Perl modules. > > In addition, the upcoming 0.54 release will polymophically install > either an XS version object or a pure Perl version object (depending on > whether the user has a working compiler). I don't think I could do > things nearly as cleanly in Module::Install (or EU::MM for that matter) > as I can in Module::Build. > > Thanks > > John

Tue Feb 14 05:48:31 2006 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'resolved' to 'open'

Fri Jul 07 10:28:09 2006 jpeacock [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'