>>>>> On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:50:41 -0800, "Richard Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>said:
> And how do I hook this subroutine into Makefile.PL so that typing "perl
> Makefile.PL will insert the needed lines into the Makefile? Or do I need to
> add another step to the normal installation procedure?
It may sound weird, but it has historical reasons: MakeMaker looks
into the MY namespace and handles subroutines there as if they had
been written in its own namespace so that your subroutine
MY::postamble will be executed. Its return value will end up in the
Makefile. So all you do is write something like
sub MY::postamble {
return "# See me in the Makefile\n";
}
in your Makefile.PL
> I don't like using /usr/local/etc/http-webtest either, but I don't think it
> is appropriate to install a subdirectory structure in
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/HTTP - this seems reserved for .pm files. At
> least /usr/local/etc/http-webtest will persist even after an upgrade to perl
> v 6.0. The only problem with that directory would be if another app uses
> /usr/local/etc/http-webtest, which seems unlikely. Or is your point that
> even the mere presence of a subdirectory in /usr/local/etc give MYSQL
> problems?
The latter. But mind you, I have no solution for that, just the
recommendation that you let the users decide where they prefer the
files installed. A safer default place might be ~/.http-webtest.
--
andreas
