On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:14:37PM -0400, David Golden wrote:
> We've all seen the situation or seen the flamewars on it:
> * CPANPLUS-based tester
> * CPANPLUS::Dist::Build not installed
> * Distribution only has Build.PL
> * CPANPLUS generates a Makefile.PL (without dependencies)
> * tests fail
>
> This is obviously a dependency problem, not a distribution problem and
> it's deterministic so if we can't fix it, I think we need to filter
> it.
>
> I propose writing a patch for CPANPLUS to eliminate the generation of
> Makefile.PL in this situation...
+1
I wonder if it's time for CPAN.pm to also stop generating Makefile.PL if
it can't find one? Or at least for CPAN::Reporter to spot when it has
done so and do ... something appropriate.
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