Subject: | Disguised Makefile.PL does not create Makefile |
Greetings,
I've recently received a report that led me to find the following bug or inconvenient feature:
Some distributions, like Math::Geometry::Planar::Offset ship with a Makefile.PL[1] that is not
actually a Makefile.PL, but invokes Module::Build under the hood when available.
However, this Makefile.PL does not generate a Makefile, as is expected, but a Build file.
In most installer situations (at least in CPAN.pm/CPANPLUS) the code goes down a certain
path when seeing either a Build.PL or Makefile.PL file, and now finds itself in an error
situation, unable to continue installing the module, as the expected files are not found.
Do you have any advise on how to rectifiy this situation?
Cheers,
[1] http://search.cpan.org/src/EWILHELM/Math-Geometry-Planar-Offset-1.04/Makefile.PL