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Anything better than ExtUtils::MakeMaker ?

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Irving Kimura

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May 11, 2004, 9:14:57 AM5/11/04
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I once read in c.l.p.m. something to the effect that ExtUtils::MakeMaker
was really a short-term stop-gap solution, never intended to become
the workhorse module that it is today. (Cynics may reply that Perl
itself started out as a "short-term stop-gap solution").

I don't know how much truth there is to all of this, but I have to
say that I find ExtUtils::MakeMaker inflexible and all-around
difficult to use. Is there anything better out there?

Thanks!

Irv
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Jon Ericson

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May 13, 2004, 7:30:23 PM5/13/04
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Irving Kimura <irving...@lycos.com> writes:

> I don't know how much truth there is to all of this, but I have to
> say that I find ExtUtils::MakeMaker inflexible and all-around
> difficult to use. Is there anything better out there?

Module::Build claims to be a replacement for ExtUtils::MakeMaker.

Jon

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