On 2023-03-21 21:04, Jack wrote:
1) Where's the appropriate place for these files in Gentoo and why?
2) If the appropriate place is either of those folders with a version number,
how do I install the files there without hard coding the version number in
the ebuild (which would naturally break the next time Perl gets updated)?
Regards
Morgan Wesström
I'd suggest looking at ebuilds created by g-cpan, which produces ebuilds for
any module in CPAN. I suspect the eclass(es) involved deal with the perl
version issue. I don't think you can savely ignore that, since there are
likely to be things in the module which do depend on the version of perl used
to create that module.
Thank you, Jack. Digging through some ebuilds in the dev-perl category was the
first thing I did. It led me to the perl-module eclass but I can only find
reference documentation which doesn't tell me how to use it or how its
functions hook into the build system. I lack fundamental knowledge of how Perl
is organized and I'm an old guy which mean I have to be selective with new
knowledge not t be overwhelmed. ;) How DO I know if either module is dependent
on a specific Perl version for example?
In the old ebuild I found online, the developer just creates a
/usr/share/znapzend/perl5 folder and puts all those files there.
https://git.gerczei.eu/tgerczei/gentoo-overlay/src/branch/master/app-backup/znapzend/znapzend-0.20.0.ebuild
I could easily do that and be done with it but this is also an opportunity to
absorb some new knowledge and to know that I made the correct choice and why
this choice is the correct one in this situation.
Regards
Morgan
