So the PREFIXification logic basically works, mod some prototype code
I need to fix up. There's just one real unsolved problem.
Let's think about what happens when you say: perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~
With 5.6.1's MakeMaker, the only way you can get PREFIX to work is if
your system install conforms to PREFIX/lib or PREFIX/lib/perl5. So
when it does work, you're likely going to get:
~/lib/perl5/site_perl/
or perhaps
~/lib/site_perl/
When the new system comes into play this setup has to be preserved on
systems where it exists. Currently it sort of does.
There's a few ways this can be handled.
1) if PREFIX/lib/perl5 or PREFIX/lib exist, use that, ignoring
whatever's in $Config{installsitelib} and $Config{installsitearch}.
2) do nothing special. If the old system worked it means that
$Config{installsitelib} already has lib/perl5 in it and should
translate the same way under the new system.
3) supply an INSTALLDIRS=default. This completely ignores your
configuration and just uses PREFIX/lib/perl5, PREFIX/man and
PREFIX/bin.
I don't like #1. Special Clever Logic is what made MakeMaker the mess
it is.
The more I'm toying with #2 the more I'm finding it Just Works.
I also like #3. This gives users an option to just completely forget
about all this magic PREFIXing logic and how Perl was configured,
etc... and just have a nice, sane, simple, predictable, boring
installation.
I'm leaning towards #2 and #3.
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