On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Tassilo von Parseval wrote: > On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:39:05PM -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:49:40AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > > >>>>> "schwern" == schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > schwern> Executive summary: > > > schwern> The architecture of MakeMaker is fundamentally flawed by having to use > > > schwern> an external build tool. Further feature development is discouraged. > > > schwern> Use Module::Build instead. > > > > > > So, when will we get the equivalent of "h2xs -ANx Module::Name" for > > > Module::Build? Can't sign off on replacement of MakeMaker until > > > this is in the core. > > > > When someone that really wants it writes it. > > Well, he better soon. This is not a trivial shortcoming considering the > complexity of XS modules and all the dirty work that h2xs does. > Definitely not something that you'd want to hand-roll.
The part of h2xs that the '-ANx' switches cause to be used is fairly simple, and is already superseded by the functionality in ExtUtils::ModuleMaker. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
