# from Aristotle Pagaltzis
# on Wednesday 03 September 2008 10:38:
>But the FAIL did fail to point out the true source of the
>problem. And IMO this hints at a real problem that was mentioned
>in this thread, but was not really indicted: namely CPAN.pm’s
>logic that if there is no Makefile.PL, it is a sane idea to make
>one up out of whole cloth. I can’t believe anyone would think
>this could ever *ever* work, though Andreas does not strike me as
>the type to put harebrained heuristical magic in code. So I have
>to wonder what the justification for this behaviour might be. Is
>it really necessary or even helpful?
I've been told that it is intended for tarballs made in the times when
there was no such thing as Makefile.PL yet. Ah, history...
Incidentally, I would love to be able to move forward to the time when
there is neither Build.PL nor Makefile.PL.
So underneath, it seems to point to the fact that the toolchain will
never be upgraded. Argh! Just delete 02packages.details.txt and be
done with it?
--Eric
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But you can never get 3n from n, ever, and if you think you can, please
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