Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well it would only clobber the file if it contained the
> >"auto-generated" line, so I think that's safe, but if you want to be
> >*really* paranoid, how about having the dist actions fail if you havent
> >specified a "create_makfile_pl" arg? (one of the exsitng ones or "skip").
> I just tested and CVS HEAD M::B happily overwrote a hand-made
> Makefile.PL when I added 'traditional' to Build.PL and ran "Build
> distdir". Luckily, I had it in SVN so it was an easy restore.
But that's exactly what you asked it to do. ;-)
Seriously though, it sounds like having at least a loud warning "I
did not write this Makefile.PL, move it out of the way first" is worthwhile.
- Tyler
