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From:
Chris 'BinGOs' Williams
Date:
September 30, 2008 16:31
Subject:
Re: Module::Install is a time bomb
Message ID:
20080930201754.GA11733@klanker.bingosnet.co.uk
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 02:38:03PM -0400, David Golden wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> wrote:
> > I use it both for the declarative syntax and because it allows me to
> > type
> >
> >    /path/to/perl Makefile.PL
> >    make test
> >
> > in a dev directory with a fresh install of perl and get all the
> > dependencies installed for me. Since I keep lots of versions of perl
> > around and try to test my modules on all of them, this is highly
> > convenient.
> 
> Is that with auto-install?  I guess I can see that purpose, though
> auto-install can be a real annoyance to end-users otherwise.
> 
> I'd probably do it this way with a recent version of CPAN.pm:
> 
>    $ /path/to/perl -MCPAN -e shell
>    cpan> test .
> 
> No Module::Install or auto-install required.

That is f**king scary.

-- 
Chris Williams
aka BinGOs
PGP ID 0x4658671F
http://www.gumbynet.org.uk
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