Adam Kennedy wrote:
> 2009/5/6 Jonathan Yu <[email protected]>:
>> The real question at hand here is: for modules that provide both a
>> Makefile.PL and Build.PL, which should be preferred? More than that,
>> from the perspective of CPAN authors, is it even useful to provide
>> both? Now that Module::Build is a core module, maybe only a Build.PL
>> should be included.
>
> When both Makefile.PL and Build.PL exist, you should ALWAYS run the
> Module::Build installation process ( perl Build.PL; perl Build; perl
> Build test; and so on...) and ignore Makefile.PL.
I concur. If you can run the Build.PL, run it.
The Makefile.PL exists for compatibility only. It is not perfect, never was
intended to be and never will be. It may contain only a subset of the logic
in the Build.PL. It may not fully emulate a real Makefile.PL.
You can consider this definitive.
--
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you
with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
-- Jayne Cobb, "Firefly"
