| Subject: | [jrcd83@gmail.com: Fwd: CPANPLUS's 'dist_type' Makefile "feature" causing problems] |
| Date: | Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:45:55 +0000 |
| To: | bug-cpanplus [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | "Chris 'BinGOs' Williams" <chris [...] bingosnet.co.uk> |
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From: Justin Davis <jrcd83@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: CPANPLUS's 'dist_type' Makefile "feature" causing problems
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:26:06 -0800
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I sent a message to the cpanplus-devel mailing list but have not received a response. I didn't want to bother you with a direct email but maybe you could help me?
In summary the forwarded email basically says that having a 'dist_type' feature for generating CPANPLUS's Makefile is bad. The 'feature' adds the 'dist_type' as a prerequisite of CPANPLUS in CPP's Makefile. This is nonsense because the dist_type module depends on CPANPLUS, not the other way around.
I also have two references to relevant CPANPLUS code snippets in my github repo's issue tracker:
http://github.com/juster/perl-cpanplus-dist-arch/issues#issue/1
Could I submit a patch to remove this "feature"?
Thanks,
Justin
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> From: Justin Davis <jrcd83@gmail.com>
> Date: February 23, 2010 10:49:28 PM PST
> To: cpanplus-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: dist_type Makefile feature prerequisites causing problems
>
> Hello cpanplusers!
>
> I have created a CPANPLUS::Dist module called CPANPLUS::Dist::Arch. I use it to create packages for module on the fly. I found a problem. When I use C::D::A to create a package for CPANPLUS, it adds an extra dependency for CPANPLUS. The extra dependency is CPANPLUS::Dist::Arch! This is ironic because C::D::A depends on CPANPLUS!
>
> I have traced this to the "features" in the Makefile.PL. The Makefile.PL checks if the running CPANPLUS has a set "dist_type" in the configuration (like in CPANPLUS::Config). If there is a dist_type, it adds the value of dist_type (a module name) as a requirement of CPANPLUS.
>
> I am not entirely sure what the point is to have these "features". I think it's probably most useful for self-updating... having CPANPLUS install itself. Yet the dist_type feature does not make sense. What is the point of these features and in particular the "dist_type" feature?
>
> If the "dist_type" setting is on that means CPANPLUS is installing itself as a package. Does it make sense for the packaging CPANPLUS::Dist::Foo module to add itself as a dependency? Given that it is fairly certain that the CPANPLUS::Dist::Foo module depends on CPANPLUS. Strange.
>
> Please help me understand what the point of the 'dist_type' feature is. If there is no point I will gladly write a patch to remove it.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
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