On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 13:00:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roland Bauer) wrote
in news:Mahogany-0.64.2-4292984749-20020914-150042.00@;fff.at:
> Question:
> ---------
> How can I build a module directly from a CD ROM?
>
> Answer:
> -------
> If the directory './blib' cannot be created by MakeMaker
> because of a write protection you can set the following
> parameters in Makefile.PL:
>
> my $inst = $full_path_to_directory;
> WriteMakefile(
> INST_LIB => "$inst/lib",
> INST_ARCHLIB => "$inst/arch",
> INST_BIN => "$inst/bin",
> INST_MAN1DIR => "$inst/man1",
> INST_MAN3DIR => "$inst/man3",
> INST_SCRIPT => "$inst/script",
> );
>
> Possible bug:
> -------------
> The target "clean" contains the string "rm_rf ./blib" and
> does not seem to reflect the settings from above.
> ========================================================
>
> Is there a better way to do what I want?
>
> Thanks
> Roland
>
I think there is quite a bit more that will not work besides inability
to use the 'clean' target from make. Addressing what more needs to be
taken care of, to enable exobuilds (which is what i've named what you
are writing about), is the goal of my project to extend ExtUtils with a
module named "ExoBuild".
Soren A
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