I've an existing module (PerlGcc) on CPAN that allows you to use gcc instead of the Sun compilers to compile modules for use with the perl we ship in Solaris. At the moment this needs a very minor weak to MakeMaker.pm to get it to work, but I'm having to ship a copy of MakeMaker with PerlGcc, which is a pain to put it mildly as I have to keep tracking MakeMaker releases.
Not mentioning the potiential weirdness of upgrading MakeMaker and having PerlGcc finding another one.
Yes, the current version of PerlGcc just ships the bits of MakeMaker I had to patch (MakeMaker.pm), which means that if you upgrade the MakeMaker in Solaris 9 it all breaks, as the new MakeMaker.pm and my patched version aren't compatible. To fix this I'd have to release a version of PerlGcc for every version of MakeMaker that was ever released between the ship date of Solars 9 and now :-(
As a former Solaris::PerlGcc user, I have to add that I'd like to see this patch in the next MakeMaker release. At least, I can put it in bleadperl if Michael doesn't plan a 6.22 during the next week.
Thanks :-)
-- Alan Burlison --
