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Module-Build-0.20
River stage five • 4486 direct dependents • 17571 total dependents
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Changes for version 0.20 - 2003-08-26

  • Separated the 'build' action into two separate actions, 'code' and 'docs'. This is similar to MakeMaker's separation of the 'all' target into 'pure_all' and 'manifypods'. This fixes a permissions hassle in which doing 'sudo Build install' would often create local doc files that needed superuser permissions to delete.
  • Enhanced the 'help' action - 'Build help foo' will now show the POD documentation for the 'foo' action.
  • Added a notes() feature, which helps share data transparently between the Build.PL and t/*.t scripts.
  • The installation process will now create man(1) and man(3) pages from POD in modules & scripts, and install them. We don't build man pages when there's nowhere to install them, such as on some Win32 or most Mac systems. [large patch by Steve Purkis, 5.005 fix by Mathieu Arnold]
  • The 'distdir' action now copies files to the distribution directory, rather than making them hard links to the original files. This allows authors to do last-minute alterations of the files without affecting the originals. [Dave Rolsky]
  • If the author uses XS files in nonstandard locations, the copied versions of those files will now be cleaned up properly.
  • In invoking the 'test' action or invoking 'xsubpp', we now use the same perl executable as we use everywhere else, rather than blindly using $^X or $Config{perlpath} (neither of which are very reliable).
  • Fixed a problem with the 'install_path' parameter given to 'Build.PL' being lost in subsequent actions. [Reported by Mathieu Arnold]
  • Fixed yet another bug with installation directories, in which the 'install_base' parameter wasn't being respected on the command line. [Spotted by Jonathan Swartz]
  • Changed the way the depends_on() method works inside action subroutines - now each action will only run once per dispatch() invocation (similar to how perl's require() function works). This helps avoid some difficult problems with dependency loops.
  • Changed the documentation for the 'autosplit' parameter to give reasons why it may not be a good idea to use, but no longer threaten to remove it. [Suggested by Martyn J. Pearce]
  • Improved the formatting of the 'traditional' Makefile.PL generated by Module::Build::Compat->create_makefile_pl. [Michael Schwern]
  • The 'traditional' Makefile.PL will now use the 'module_name' parameter (as NAME) if it's available, otherwise it will continue to use the 'dist_name' (as DISTNAME). [Michael Schwern]
  • Created read/write accessor methods for all our 'properties'.
    • Michael Schwern
  • The 'test_files' parameter can now be specified using glob() syntax (i.e. 't/*.t'), and the corresponding test_files() method is now a read/write accessor.
  • The location of the 'blib' directory is now a property of the Build object - nobody is likely to notice this change, with any luck, but it makes the design and code cleaner.
  • The 'disttest' and 'distsign' methods now chdir() back to the directory where they started, rather than to the base_dir of the build.
  • Improved comparisons of version strings containing underscore characters (indicating "beta" status). [Steve Purkis]
  • Added documentation for the 'dist_author', 'dist_abstract', and 'codebase' parameters to new(), and for the 'ppd' action. [Dave Rolsky]
  • Added documentation for the up_to_date() and contains_pod() methods. [Dave Rolsky]
  • 'traditional' pass-through Makefile.PLs will now contain an INSTALLDIRS parameter matching the Build.PL's 'installdirs' setting.
  • version_from_file() now ignores $VERSION variables that are defined in POD or comments. It can still be tricked by $VERSIONs in string literals, though. [Steve Purkis]
  • The code to find packages in module files now uses Steve's scanning method (above) to skip package-declaration-lookalikes in POD or comments.
  • The 'disttest' action will now propagate its @INC settings to its subprocesses.

Modules

Module::Build
Build and install Perl modules
Module::Build::Base
Default methods for Module::Build
Module::Build::Compat
Compatibility with ExtUtils::MakeMaker
Module::Build::Cookbook
Examples of Module::Build Usage
Module::Build::PPMMaker
Perl Package Manager file creation
Module::Build::Platform::Amiga
Builder class for Amiga platforms
Module::Build::Platform::Default
Stub class for unknown platforms
Module::Build::Platform::EBCDIC
Builder class for EBCDIC platforms
Module::Build::Platform::MPEiX
Builder class for MPEiX platforms
Module::Build::Platform::MacOS
Builder class for MacOS platforms
Module::Build::Platform::RiscOS
Builder class for RiscOS platforms
Module::Build::Platform::Unix
Builder class for Unix platforms
Module::Build::Platform::VMS
Builder class for VMS platforms
Module::Build::Platform::VOS
Builder class for VOS platforms
Module::Build::Platform::Windows
Builder class for Windows platforms
Module::Build::Platform::darwin
Builder class for Mac OS X platform

Provides

Module::Build::Platform::Windows::BCC
in lib/Module/Build/Platform/Windows.pm
Module::Build::Platform::Windows::GCC
in lib/Module/Build/Platform/Windows.pm
Module::Build::Platform::Windows::MSVC
in lib/Module/Build/Platform/Windows.pm

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