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Re: [Module::Build] META.yml and platform dependencies.: msg#00007

Subject: Re: [Module::Build] META.yml and platform dependencies.
On 4/13/06, Ken Williams <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Apr 13, 2006, at 1:40 AM, demerphq wrote:
>
> > Seems like if the META.yml creation occured on the installers machine
> > instead of on the distributors machine the problem would go away, and
> > allow inifinte flexibility.
> >
> > So for the time being it looks like I have to hand hack my MakeMaker
> > or something. Hmm.
>
> That won't work.  CPAN is looking at the META.yml file before running
> *anything*, including your MakeMaker code.

Actually I meant my ExtUtils-MakeMaker installation. Ill have to hand
hack it to prevent the  reference to Win32API::File being included in
the dist.

> Also, there's already a file called _blib/prereqs that's written
> while running the Build.PL script, and will contain any dynamically
> specified prereqs.
>
> I did bring up this issue with Andreas when he was proposing the
> META.yml-reading behavior for CPAN, but he figured he's cross that
> bridge when we came to it.  I think we've come to it?

Yep, seems like.

Cheers,
Yves


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perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"



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