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Re: Module::Build::Compat bug :( (Score:1)

by Corion (7288)

This is something I never got - if your Build.PL can be converted automatically to a Makefile.PL, and thus, obviously doesn't need any of the features that Module::Build offers over ExtUtils::MakeMaker, why would you use Module::Build at all?
- Re: Module::Build::Compat bug :( (Score:1)
  
  by Aristotle (5147) <pagaltzis@gmx.de> on 2007.08.20 11:13 (#57086) Homepage Journal
  
  EU::MM cannot tell build_requires from requires so even very simple Build.PLs are often more expressive than their equivalent Makefile.PLs and cannot be translated losslessly.
  
  Also, Module::Build makes it easy to autogenerate Makefile.PL. ExtUtils::MakeMaker cannot autogenerate Build.PL. Starting from a blank slate, which of the two makes better sense to pick?
  
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