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From:
Michael G Schwern
Date:
January 3, 2005 11:47
Subject:
Re: [ANNOUNCE] ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.25_06
Message ID:
20050103194707.GB25892@windhund.schwern.org
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 12:49:33PM -0500, PPrymmer@factset.com wrote:
> I am trying to imagine what utility there is in having
> a dependence on /unix/path/to/xsubpp inside the Makefile.
> Perhaps if you were hacking on xsubpp it might be helpful, but
> even if you were doing that I'd argue that your time would be
> better spent starting off running the
> 
>    perl Makefile.PL
> 
> command and not relying on a dependence upon xsubpp to trigger
> your module/extension rebuilds for you.  I could be missing
> something here though (???).

Its probably exactly that, someone was doing some xsubpp hacking in the
core and wanted things to neatly rebuild on each edit.  I don't see the
harm in it and it makes some sense for core development.


> -XSUBPPDEPS = @tmdeps \$(XSUBPP)
> +XSUBPPDEPS = @tmdeps

Was it really necessary to remove it dependency to get it to work?


-- 
Michael G Schwern     schwern@pobox.com     http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/
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