On Aug 4, 2006, at 8:04 AM, Johan Vromans wrote:
Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
My intention when I added 'build_requires' to Module::Build was not
to let people avoid downloading & building those dependencies, but
rather to indicate that there was no runtime dependency, ...
For this to function properly, the 'build_requires' modules (and their
respecitve dependencies!) should all be downloaded and installed in a
temporary location (e.g., blib) and not be installed permanently.
That's really up to the user to decide. They may wish to install
them permanently just so they save themselves the bother of building
& installing them again next time.
-Ken