Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I know Peter's planning on abusing configure and subconfigure horribly (Go,
> Peter! :) so does anyone else have any other goodies they'd like? Now'd be
> the time to ask...
>
I'd like to see CONFIGURE.COM build a COM file that contains the
commands needed to build/test/install/tidy/clean Perl.
You should be able to just "submit" the com file with appropriate
parameters.
Something like:
BUILD_PERL.COM:
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$ define/trans=conceal PERL_BUILD_ROOT disk4perl:[wherever.perl.]
$ set default PERL_BUILD_ROOT:[000000] !! avoid 8 level depth problems
$ define PERL_MBX_SIZE 256 !! for tests, avoid quota problems
$ mms/macro=(__DEBUG__=1) "''P1'" "''P2'" etc !! << substitute appropriate line
$ exit
Configure would generate the definition of PERL_BUILD_ROOT and
insert an appropriate MMS/MMK line for builds.
Then you can just @BUILD_PERL, or better yet SUBMIT BUILD_PERL
and go get a cappuchino while it runs.
Just a simple little feature that'll be trivial to implement and make
users happy!
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