[Catalyst-dev] Catalyst::Runtime/Devel Makefile.PL

Matt S Trout dbix-class at trout.me.uk
Tue Jul 4 14:15:34 CEST 2006


Carl Franks wrote:
> Is it intentional that the Makefile.PL in both C::Runtime and C::Devel
> omits the Module::Install auto_install() feature, meaning that when
> building from tarballs, missing prerequisites have to be manually
> installed?

Yes. auto_install can be a nightmare for CPAN installs, which are generally 
the majority. If you can find a nice way to use auto_install *only* when doing 
tarball installs then I'd love to hear it.

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