| Subject: | create_makefile_pl argument should be 'traditional' |
The Module::Build::Compat manpage says about the choice of the style
parameter for the create_makefile_pl option:
A Makefile.PL will be created in the "traditional" style,
i.e.
it will use "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" and won’t rely on "Mod‐
ule::Build" at all. In order to create the Makefile.PL,
we’ll
include the "requires" and "build_requires" dependencies
as the
"PREREQ_PM" parameter.
You don’t want to use this style if during the "perl
Build.PL"
stage you ask the user questions, or do some auto-sensing
about
the user’s environment, or if you subclass Module::Build
to do
some customization, because the vanilla Makefile.PL won’t do
any of that.
Given that your Build.PL does neither autosensing nor ask the user nor
anything like subclassing, it seems clearly the best choice among all
options, at leasst as I understand it.
'passthrough' on the other hand stops the user without Module::Build
installed or forces him to install it and breaks if it isn't installable
for whatever reason.
Thanks,