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Moin,
this question came up because search.cpan.org was not including an
ABSTRACT for some packages of mine (tar.gz without modules), even when I
did put an ABSTRACT into Makefile.PL or an "abstract" into META.YML.
Graham said that search.cpan.org should probably be updated to use
META.yml. However, this now poses the question on how to get the abstract
into META.yml.
Unfortunately, the META spec:
http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec.html
does not have an "abstract" field.
I think it should and MakeMaker should add the abstract automatically when
it creates META.yml.
My current Makefile.PL looks like the one below.
Best wishes,
Tels
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use 5.006001;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
sub MY::metafile {
package MY;
my $self = shift;
if (!eval { require YAML; 1 })
{
warn ("YAML not installed, 'make dist' will not override
'META.yml'.");
return $self->SUPER::metafile_target(@_);
};
my $node = new YAML::Node {};
$node->{name} = $self->{DISTNAME};
$node->{abstract} = $self->{ABSTRACT};
$node->{version} = $self->{VERSION};
$node->{version_from} = $self->{VERSION_FROM};
$node->{license} = 'gpl';
$node->{distribution_type} = 'module';
$node->{generated_by} = "$self->{DISTNAME} version
$self->{VERSION}";
$node->{installdirs} = 'site';
$node->{requires} = $self->{PREREQ_PM};
my $dump = YAML::Dump( $node );
$dump =~ s/^(.*)$/\t\$(NOECHO) \$(ECHO) "$1" >>META.yml/gm;
$dump =~ s/>>META\.yml/>META.yml/;
return "metafile:\n$dump";
}
WriteMakefile(
NAME => 'graph-perl-usage',
VERSION_FROM => 'gen_graph', # finds $VERSION
PREREQ_PM => {
Graph => 0.65,
Graph::Easy => 0.22,
},
($] >= 5.005 ? ## Add these new keywords supported since 5.005
(ABSTRACT => 'graph Perl Package usage',
AUTHOR => 'Tels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>') : ()),
);
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- --
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are in my butt. The more interesting parts are kept in a PC - my spinal
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