On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:35:08PM -0500, Ken Williams wrote:
> that acts like an #include, but actually inserts the contents of the 
> external file inline.  So when you run "Build manifest" it would turn 
> this line:
> 
>    #!include /Users/ken/.manifest.skip
> 
> into this chunk:
> 
>    #!included /Users/ken/.manifest.skip
>    blah
>    blahh
>    blahhh....
>    #!included
> 
> And thereafter each time you run "Build manifest" it would re-sync the 
> chunk from the
> original file.
> 
> Anyone see any problems?

Aside from forgetting to CC [EMAIL PROTECTED] :P

Hmmm.  Throw in a way to include the default MANIFEST.SKIP and you'll
have yourself a winner.


PS  ExtUtils::Manifest is pretty much ready to be kicked out of MakeMaker
and maintained independently.  I'm more than happy to hand it off to 
someone.


-- 
Michael G Schwern     [EMAIL PROTECTED]     http://www.pobox.com/~schwern
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
        -- Phillip K. Dick

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