Bug 183625

Summary:	perl-app.eclass and perl-module.eclass prevent the use of Makefile if PREFER_BUILDPL is set
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Vincent Pit <gentoo>
Component:	Eclasses	Assignee:	Gentoo Perl team <perl>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	239510
Attachments:	PREFER_BUILDPL behaviour fix

Description Vincent Pit 2007-06-29 08:58:03 UTC

If PREFER_BUILDPL is set to "yes", portage will completely ignore any Makefile.PL and so won't do anything unless there's a Build.PL. That may considered a little restrictive for a PREFERence, since it prevents any module to be build unless PREFER_BUILDPL is explicitely specified to "no". The following patch changes this behaviour to :
- use Build.PL if either :
 * we are in module-build
 * there's a Build.PL, and PREFER_BUILDPL is yes if Makefile.PL is present too
- otherwise use Makefile.PL if it's present

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Vincent Pit 2007-06-29 08:58:50 UTC

Created attachment 123369 [details, diff]
PREFER_BUILDPL behaviour fix

Comment 2 Torsten Veller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-11-14 22:10:23 UTC

Vincent, the description isn't accurate any more.

The eclasses currently check:

| if [[ ${PREFER_BUILDPL} == yes && -f Build.PL ]] ; then
| einfo "Using Module::Build"
| ...
| elif [[ -f Makefile.PL ]] ; then
| einfo "Using ExtUtils::MakeMaker"
| ...
| fi

If you think we can improve it, please describe the problem again. I close the bug in the meantime.

Thanks for your patience