On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Brian Ingerson wrote:
> Thanks for joining the list :)
Thanks for writing Inline!
> I'm currently hogging the postamble for my own uses. I croak if you
> defined one. Read Inline::MakeMaker. It's not very big. You'll see this
> right away.
Ah... I'm guessing the fix is straightforward--Call the ExtUtils
postamble, then append your stuff.
> > I'm not sure where the problem lies--ExtUtils::MakeMaker seems to be
> > "polluting" the Inline::MakeMaker in the subdirectory with its
> > MY::postamble. I would have thought that subdirectories would be
> > evaluated "clean" so to speak.
>
> If you are creating a hierarchy of Makefile.PLs, and the MY::postamble()
> is only in the ExtUtils ones, I think I can make a patch right away.
Yes... This is my situation. A patched version would let me test my
stuff until you get an official version out. I don't mind waiting
on my release until you implement the general fix, as long as it's not
*too* long. :)
> Most importantly, Inline::MakeMaker exports only WriteInlineMakefile
> (not WriteMakefile). Everything else is the same.
Great. I made this change, and will look forward to another patch and
eventual public release.
David
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