>>>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:55:11 -0800, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 09:48:15PM -0500, Kurt Starsinic wrote: >> On Mar 30, Michael Schwern wrote: >> > I just read https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1991 >> > >> > Basically, when Makefile.PLs in subdirectories are run @ARGV from the parent >> > Makefile.PL is propagated but deliberately ignored. It appears to have >> > always been this way. What I'm trying to figure out is why? >> > >> > Anyone know? >> >> I don't quite get it. I just made a stub Makefile.PL thus: > Try your setup and then: perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=foo. Look at the Makefile > generated in the subdir and the value of PREFIX in it. It will not be foo. I haven't heard of a case where this matters. You are supposed to run 'make' in the top level directory and PREFIX will be propagated then. -- andreas
