On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:21:39 -0500
Michael G Schwern <schwern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[sorry, this slipped through the cracks]
> http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=22768
>
> There is a problem with using new features in MakeMaker.
<snip>
It is a problem with Alien::* modules too, or any other module
you need to use in Makefile.PL, so I would really like this solution:
> * Make the CPAN shells do dependency resolution based on the META.yml
> before anything is run.
<snip>
>
> * Do another dependency resolution step after the Makefile.PL is run.
>
> For those which need it, the CPAN shell can do a second dependency
> resolution after the
> Makefile.PL is run so any dynamic dependencies are taken care of.
And this only needs to be done if dynamic_config is 1, so it
will not be needed most of the time. The downsize is that it requires
changes in CPAN and CPANPLUS.
Regards
Mattia
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