Hi Bruce, Indeed it is old school way to generate make file and install Perl modules. I do recall doing so on many iterations since working with Perl 5.10 days when CPAN was in its infancy for couple of Financial Houses I was employed at that were big time into Perl. Especially trying to build SSLeay module with OpneSSL, z-lib (or was it libz) and other dependent libraries' headers on SUN Ultra Sparc 2's back then. What a nightmare (or fun) that was...
Anyways I was more interested in making sure that Fred had generated correctly and not adopted from somewhere else that might be somewhat bastardized one. I also got thrown off a bit in that when I cloned the repo for 1.61_03, it didn't have Makefile.PL so it was more to make sure it was installed from correct source. I looked at Makefile.PL for 1.61 source at CPAN and it does NOT have CPAN listed in PREREQ_PM or in %FallbackPrereqs. Might be worth adding to it... ------ Original Message ------ Received: Fri, 03 May 2024 11:30:22 AM EDT From: Bruce Schuck <bsch...@asgard-systems.com> To: GnuCash User <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>Cc: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net>, Fred Tydeman <tydeman.f...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03 > On May 2, 2024 at 23:44:53 EDT Kalpesh wrote: > > > That is possible that there is no depend target in the make file. > > Just curious how you built/get the make file for it? > > Kalpesh, > > The old school method of installing Perl modules. > > The makefile is created by running "perl Makefile.PL". Then one would > execute "make", "make test", and "make install". When I first started > using Perl, there was no "cpan" or "cpanm" that automated much of the > process. Fetching prerequisites and installing them is one of the major > reasons for using cpan/cpanm. It's been such a long time since I had > used the OG module install method that I forgot that it does not have a > mechanism for fetching and installing dependencies. Back in the day the > dependencies were typically noted in the module's README file and one > had to manually retrieve and install them. > > This method is definitely not for Perl novices. These days it's more for > those who display masochistic tendencies... > > Bruce S. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
