On 22/3/23 04:27, Morgan Wesström wrote:
On 2023-03-21 21:04, Jack wrote:
1) Where's the appropriate place for these files in Gentoo and why?
2) If the appropriate place is either of those folders with a
version number, how do I install the files there without hard coding
the version number in the ebuild (which would naturally break the
next time Perl gets updated)?
Regards
Morgan Wesström
I'd suggest looking at ebuilds created by g-cpan, which produces
ebuilds for any module in CPAN. I suspect the eclass(es) involved
deal with the perl version issue. I don't think you can savely
ignore that, since there are likely to be things in the module which
do depend on the version of perl used to create that module.
Thank you, Jack. Digging through some ebuilds in the dev-perl category
was the first thing I did. It led me to the perl-module eclass but I
can only find reference documentation which doesn't tell me how to use
it or how its functions hook into the build system. I lack fundamental
knowledge of how Perl is organized and I'm an old guy which mean I
have to be selective with new knowledge not t be overwhelmed. ;) How
DO I know if either module is dependent on a specific Perl version for
example?
In the old ebuild I found online, the developer just creates a
/usr/share/znapzend/perl5 folder and puts all those files there.
https://git.gerczei.eu/tgerczei/gentoo-overlay/src/branch/master/app-backup/znapzend/znapzend-0.20.0.ebuild
I could easily do that and be done with it but this is also an
opportunity to absorb some new knowledge and to know that I made the
correct choice and why this choice is the correct one in this situation.
Regards
Morgan
Also, are you aware of perl-cleaner? - it takes care of perl packages
after an upgrade.
This is a good read: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Perl
BillK
