* Randal L. Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-03 01:08]:
> >>>>> "Hugh" == Hugh S Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hugh> To answer the last, first, "make test" fails unless the script
> Hugh> is run. What I don't know is the "hook the execution of the
> Hugh> script into" part, at least not in terms of Makefile.PL.
>
> So, it needs to be an additional "make all" part, which precedes a
> "make test". According to ExtUtils::MakeMaker, after applying my secret
> Ilya/Andy/Andreas/Tim decoder ring:
>
> sub MY::postamble { <<'EXTRA';
> all: running-my-perl-thing
> running-my-perl-thing: FORCE
> $(PERL) my/script.pl
> FORCE:
> EXTRA
> }
>
> That'll get added to the Makefile, and then a "make all" will ensure
> that your Perl thing gets run.
This didn't work for me (perl 5.6.1); I get this error:
Makefile:652: *** target file `all' has both : and :: entries. Stop.
This worked:
sub MY::postamble { <<'EXTRA'
all :: FORCE
@$(PERL) -le 'print "doing custom stuff"
FORCE:
EXTRA
}
(darren)
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