Bug #57198 for Module-Build: Should "{dist.real}clean" targets also remove META.yml and MANIFEST?

Tue May 04 06:33:07 2010 marcoep [...] gmail.com - Ticket created

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Should "{dist.real}clean" targets also remove META.yml and MANIFEST?

Hi there, META.yml and MANIFEST files are supposed (by many people) to be generated when preparing a distribution -- i.e., they may be considered distribution artifacts. So I would expect that: 1) "distclean" removes META.yml since it's created by "./Build dist" 2) "realclean" removes both. Otherwise, I'd like to have a special target to do that. Cheers, Marco

Tue May 04 11:56:38 2010 dagolden [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #57198] Should "{dist.real}clean" targets also remove META.yml and MANIFEST?
Date:	Tue, 4 May 2010 11:56:03 -0400
To:	bug-Module-Build [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	David Golden <dagolden [...] cpan.org>

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Marco Emilio Poleggi via RT <bug-Module-Build@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text

> META.yml and MANIFEST files are supposed (by many people) to be > generated when preparing a distribution -- i.e., they may be considered > distribution artifacts. So I would expect that: > 1) "distclean" removes META.yml since it's created by "./Build dist" > 2) "realclean" removes both. > > Otherwise, I'd like to have a special target to do that.

You don't need a special target, you can just use $obj->add_to_cleanup(@files) in your Build.PL file before calling $obj->create_build_script(). -- David

Tue May 04 11:56:40 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri May 07 08:35:22 2010 marcoep [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

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marcoep [...] gmail.com

Le Mar 04 Mai 2010 11:56:38, DAGOLDEN a écrit : Show quoted text

> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Marco Emilio Poleggi via RT > <bug-Module-Build@rt.cpan.org> wrote:

> > META.yml and MANIFEST files are supposed (by many people) to be > > generated when preparing a distribution -- i.e., they may be considered > > distribution artifacts. So I would expect that: > > 1) "distclean" removes META.yml since it's created by "./Build dist" > > 2) "realclean" removes both. > > > > Otherwise, I'd like to have a special target to do that.

> > You don't need a special target, you can just use > $obj->add_to_cleanup(@files) in your Build.PL file before calling > $obj->create_build_script(). > > -- David

Thanks a lot, it works! I actually missed it in the documentation, oops. Cheers, ^m'e