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Module-Build-0.25
River stage five • 4486 direct dependents • 17571 total dependents
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Changes for version 0.25 - 2004-04-25

  • During the 'distdir' action, if no MANIFEST.SKIP file exists, we will now create a reasonable default one. [Randy Sims]
  • In Makefile compatibility mode, some arguments (like UNINST, TEST_VERBOSE, etc.) given to 'make' are now recognized and passed through to Module::Build. [Randy Sims]
  • The regression tests now make sure that several pass-through Makefile.PL parameters are dealt with correctly.
  • Added support for the 'LIB' parameter to passthrough Makefile.PLs. [Spotted by Jesse Erlbaum]
  • Passing a 'PREFIX' parameter to a passthrough Makefile.PL was supposed to make it die with a helpful error message, but instead it just ignored it and blindly tried to install to the wrong place. This is now fixed. [Spotted by Jesse Erlbaum]
  • Added an extra_compiler_flags() accessor method.
  • If the 'recursive_test_files' option was turned on, the test files weren't sorted, but returned in an apparently random order. Now they're sorted. [Martyn Peck]
  • Documented the 'tar' and 'gzip' parameters to the 'dist' and 'ppmdist' actions.
  • The generation of HTML documentation now works (it was accidentally partially implemented with an itchy patch-application finger in 0.24). [Randy Kobes]
  • Fixed a fatal bug when building META.yml with YAML.pm and 'dynamic_config' is set. [Reported by Jaap Karssenberg]
  • Fixed some incorrect error messages that occurred when compiling/linking C sources went awry.
  • If the author uses a custom builder subclass, that subclass will now be loaded correctly in the passthrough Makefile.PL if the author uses the 'small' or 'passthrough' Makefile.PL options in Module::Build::Compat. [Martyn Peck and Jaap Karssenberg]
  • If the author uses a custom builder subclass created dynamically through the subclass() method, passthrough Makefile.PLs (of type 'passthrough' or 'small') didn't work properly, because the custom builder module wouldn't be loaded at the right time. This has been fixed. [Reported by Toby Ovod-Everett]
  • In M::B-generated 'traditional' Makefile.PLs, the entries in 'PREREQ_PM' are now sorted ASCIIbetically rather than randomly.
  • The install_types() method will now return any additional types given as 'install_path' arguments, as well as all elements of the current 'install_sets' entry. This makes it easier to add new types of installable objects to the mix.
  • As a consequence of the previous change, there is no longer any need to have an explicit 'install_types' data member, so it has been removed.
  • In the second example code for the Module::Build->subclass() method, the Module::Build module needed to be loaded before calling its methods. [John Peacock]
  • Fixed minor error in the POD structure of Module::Build and Module::Build::Platform::VMS docs.

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::aix
Builder class for AIX platform
Module::Build::Platform::cygwin
Builder class for Cygwin platform
Module::Build::Platform::darwin
Builder class for Mac OS X platform
Module::Build::Platform::os2
Builder class for OS/2 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
Module::Build::PodParser
in lib/Module/Build/PodParser.pm

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