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On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 03:49:54PM -0500, Randy W. Sims wrote: > It would be nice to see functionality like this incorporated into a > Module::Build::Configure package (or similar) along with other configure > type routines common in current Makefile.PLs. Routines that find if libs > or executables are installed, find appropriate install paths for > installing perl programs that don't belong in the perl tree, etc. If anyone cares, I have an ExtUtils::MakeMaker wrapper (a single module that's distributed but not installed with any package) that: -) If a module is missing, tells you what package to find it in (it's not always obvious to find, say, Net::FTP in libnet before you're familiar with libnet) -) Handles "optional" modules, i.e., if it's missing, doesn't die, but does issue a message to the user. -) Can check for executables, too, with versions (by telling it how to look up version numbers for that module). I've attached it for your edification. Constructive criticisms welcome. Mx.Thread Previous | Thread Next