On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 3:29 AM, Linda A. Walsh <perl-didd...@tlinx.org> wrote: > In the pod for Module::Build, it says: > > I don't like the core idea of "MakeMaker", namely that "make" > should be involved in the build process. ... > > But the benefit of using makefiles is readily apparent for those > Perl modules that use MakeMaker... they can automatically make > use of parallel build abilities present on today's computers. > > Module::Build, in re-inventing the dependency and process > handling of Make seems to have made how to do the equivalent > of "make -j" obtuse or opaque. > > Is there a hidden switch for this? I don't see anything documented > in Module::Build. Certainly is a good reason for re-use of standard > components... as they are improved, build procedures can usually, > automatically benefit... > > Am I missing a feature somewhere?
Module::Build does not have a feature. This is generally considered unfortunate, but can not be changed anymore. A future replacement of Module::Build might support it though. Though to be honest, MakeMaker write out makefiles that are not particularly parallelizable, and even if it did most build-times aren't long enough to benefit much from them. Actually, «./Build test»/«make test» does support parallelization using the HARNESS_OPTIONS environmental variable, though this an undocumented (AFAIK) implementation detail. I would rather like to add a more comprehensive option for this TBH. Leon
