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1 | Revision history for Perl extension Module::Build. |
2 | |
77e96e88 |
3 | - On some systems (haven't identified the actual problem yet) |
4 | $ENV{PERL5LIB} can grow to enormous enough sizes that we can't |
5 | launch any more subprocesses because the environment table is full. |
6 | This is the now-infamous "Couldn't run Build.PL: Argument list too |
7 | long" error. Now we detect such situations and trim the directory |
8 | list to only include directories that actually exist, listed only |
9 | once each. Not the ideal solution, but it should work. |
10 | |
11 | - Silence a warning in M::B::ModuleInfo that happens when the author |
12 | is using the "$VERSION = eval $VERSION" idiom. |
13 | |
14 | - When running the 'testcover' action, do "cover --delete" if any of |
15 | the test files have changed (we already did so if any of the code |
16 | under test has changed). [Suggested by Chris Dolan, RT #23584] |
17 | |
18 | - Fixed a broken link in the documentation about PREFIX. [Spotted by |
19 | David Steinbrunner] |
20 | |
21 | - Changes to do_system() & friends on VMS to get system calls working |
22 | much better there. [Craig Berry] |
23 | |
24 | - Added the "pardist" target which creates a PAR binary distribution |
25 | akin to a PPM distribution. [Steffen Mueller] |
26 | |
27 | - Added the Interix platform as a Unix variant. [Stephen Hartland] |
28 | |
29 | - Improved the error message we emit when a distribution contains XS |
30 | files but the user has no C compiler. [Suggested by Andreas Koenig] |
31 | |
32 | 0.2805_01 Thu Sep 7 21:57:29 CDT 2006 |
33 | |
34 | - Because of a weird behavior of YAML::Node, any distribution that |
35 | used version.pm objects to define their versions was generating the |
36 | wrong syntax for the versions in their META.yml file. They will |
37 | now appear as strings like v3.42.1 or similar, including the |
38 | leading v. |
39 | |
40 | - Upgraded to version 0.67 of version.pm. [John Peacock] |
41 | |
42 | - Added a contrib/ directory with a bash completion function for M::B |
43 | actions and switches. [Julian Mehnle] |
44 | |
45 | - When we eval() the embedded version.pm code we will now die() if |
46 | the eval() was unsuccessful, rather than continuing blindly on and |
47 | dying mysteriously later. |
48 | |
49 | - Added a 'retest' action that lets users run the current regression |
50 | tests on a previously-installed version of a distribution. |
51 | |
52 | * Instead of storing an entire dump of the Config.pm hash in the |
53 | _build/ directory upon startup, we now just store any overrides the |
54 | user or author has specified. Note that if you were doing anything |
55 | you weren't supposed to be doing, like poking around in the |
56 | internals of $buld->{config}, your code might break, so I've put |
57 | the asterisk of incompatibility on this one just to cover my |
58 | tuchus. [Idea originally by Randy Sims] |
59 | |
60 | - Made copying files via copy_if_modified() a little less chatty. |
61 | |
0ec9ad96 |
62 | 0.2805 Sat Jul 29 22:01:24 CDT 2006 |
63 | |
64 | - We now embed a copy of version.pm right in the |
65 | Module::Build::Version source code, with John Peacock's blessing, |
66 | in case the user has a rough time installing version.pm. This |
67 | helps alleviate troubles people were still having with working out |
68 | a seemingly circular dependency (even though version.pm now ships |
69 | with a standard Makefile.PL too). A version.pm >= 0.661 installed |
70 | on the system will take precedence over our bundled one. [John |
71 | Peacock] |
72 | |
73 | - Fix some test warnings (or failures?) related to version.pm |
74 | numification. [John Peacock] |
75 | |
76 | - The top-level 'version' entry in META.yml files we'd generated was |
77 | in the wrong format (it was being treated as a version.pm object |
78 | rather than a serialized copy) due to a weird YAML::Node issue. |
79 | Fixed. |
80 | |
81 | - Don't 'use base qw(version)' anymore in our M::B::Version wrapper, |
82 | just set @ISA directly, because some people have reported that the |
83 | 'use base' line is croaking. |
84 | |
85 | - Added an 'allow_mb_mismatch' parameter to suppress the startup |
86 | check that ensures the version of M::B currently running is the |
87 | same as the one initially used to run the Build.PL. Use with |
88 | caution. |
89 | |
90 | - Module::Build::ModuleInfo will no longer detect things that look |
91 | like $VERSION assignments after an __END__ or __DATA__ token. |
92 | |
93 | - Updated documentation to mention the new mailing list on perl.org |
94 | rather than the old one on sourceforge. |
95 | |
96 | 0.2804 Sun Jul 16 16:41:25 CDT 2006 |
97 | |
98 | - Added 'use version;' in Module::Build::Version, because some |
99 | versions of base.pm won't automatically load version.pm when we do |
100 | 'use base qw/version/;'. [Spotted by Erik Tank] |
101 | |
7a501b10 |
102 | 0.2803 Sat Jul 15 08:26:34 CDT 2006 |
103 | |
104 | - The META.yml file in the last release was all screwed up, so the |
105 | distribution wasn't indexed properly. Fixed in this release. |
106 | |
b3dfda33 |
107 | 0.2802 Fri Jul 14 22:40:34 CDT 2006 |
108 | |
109 | - Added reliance on version.pm, which means we should deal much |
110 | better with the wide range of version specifications one finds on |
111 | CPAN. This is made possible by recent releases of version.pm that |
112 | give the user a pure-perl option, so installing version.pm |
113 | shouldn't be too onerous for most users. [John Peacock] |
114 | |
115 | - We should be accepting the default when we're in unattended mode, |
116 | not acting dumb and ignoring both the default and the [empty] |
117 | answer from the user. Fixed. [Spotted by Nik Clayton] |
118 | |
f943a5bf |
119 | 0.2801 Sun May 21 00:07:40 CDT 2006 |
120 | |
121 | - Module::Build::Compat's emulation of INC is incorrectly prepending |
122 | a -I to the value of INC. This is incorrect because there should |
123 | already be a -I on the value. I.E. it's "perl Makefile.PL INC=-Ifoo" |
124 | not "perl Makefile.PL INC=foo" so Compat should not prefix a -I. |
125 | [Michael Schwern] |
126 | |
127 | - Native batch scripts under Windows should not be converted by |
128 | pl2bat. [Spotted by Ron Savage] |
129 | |
130 | - Tweaked the way we determine whether a file is executable on Unix. |
131 | We use this determination to decide whether to make it executable |
132 | during installation. [Julian Mehnle] |
133 | |
134 | - Replaced a vestigial 'next' with 'return' now that the code is in a |
135 | subroutine (htmlify_pods()), not a loop. [Ron Savage] |
136 | |
137 | - Fixed a guaranteed failure in t/signature.t when TEST_SIGNATURE was |
138 | set. [Eric R. Meyers] |
139 | |
140 | - Fixed a test failure that occurred when testing or installing in |
141 | unattended mode - the code to test whether unattended mode and |
142 | attended mode are working properly was assuming that we started out |
143 | in attended mode. [Steve Peters] |
144 | |
145 | - Improved our stand-in YAML generator that we use to generate |
146 | META.yaml when authors don't have a copy of YAML.pm installed on |
147 | their machine. It was unable to handle things like embedded |
148 | newlines in the data, now it has a much more extensive escaping |
149 | mechanism. [Stephen Adkins] |
150 | |
151 | - Revised the docs for --prefix and PREFIX. [Michael Schwern] |
152 | |
dc8021d3 |
153 | 0.28 Thu Apr 27 22:25:00 CDT 2006 |
154 | |
155 | - When y_n() or prompt() are called without a default value and the |
156 | build seems to be unattended (e.g. in automatic CPAN testing), we |
157 | now die() with an error message rather than silently returning |
158 | undef for prompt(), or looping indefinitely for y_n(). |
159 | |
160 | - When searching for '.modulebuildrc', return the first HOME-like |
161 | directory that actually contains the file instead of the first |
162 | existing directory. Document the search locations and the order |
163 | searched. [Spotted by David Golden] |
164 | |
165 | - Split the API documentation out of Module::Build::Authoring into |
166 | its own document: Module::Build::API. |
167 | |
168 | - We should not emit a warning if a Module::Build subclass is |
169 | required in a Makefile.PL that is not bundled in the current |
170 | distribution; it may be installed on the user's system. [Spotted by |
171 | Tyler MacDonald] |
172 | |
173 | - copy_if_modified() now preserves the executable bit of the source |
174 | file. [Spotted by Julian Mehnle] |
175 | |
176 | - Fixed compatibility of our screen-scraping the Test::Harness output |
177 | so we can recognize the most recent Test::Harness version. [Steve |
178 | Hay] |
179 | |
180 | - Backing out a requirement added in 0.27_06 on the method y_n() |
181 | to always include a default. This behavior would cause existing |
182 | build scripts to start failing. We now fail with a missing default |
183 | only when $ENV{PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT} is set because there is no |
184 | reasonable default. |
185 | |
186 | - Make install_types() method smarter with respect to custom install |
187 | types. |
188 | |
189 | - Add documentation for the install_base_relpaths() and |
190 | prefix_relpaths() methods. Improved their usage for a public API, |
191 | and added tests. |
192 | |
193 | 0.27_10 Tue Mar 28 22:50:50 CST 2006 |
a314697d |
194 | |
195 | - Added the create_packlist property, default true, which controls |
196 | whether packlist files will be written during installation. This |
197 | was already part of Module::Build 0.2609, but for some reason we've |
198 | forgotten it in the 0.27_xx series. [Spotted by Steve Kirkup] |
199 | |
200 | - Document the versions of Module::Build where each feature, action, |
201 | constructor argument, and method was first publicly documented. |
202 | |
203 | - More fixes for find_perl_interpreter() to work with BSD flavored |
204 | UNIX: Ensure we always return absolute paths; throw an exception |
205 | upon failure to find correct interperter; document everything. |
206 | |
207 | - We now include our own YAML.pm work-alike that we can use when the |
208 | real YAML isn't installed. We might soon even start using it when |
209 | YAML is installed, because the YAML API and dependency chain have |
210 | been changing in unfavorable ways lately. [Stephen Adkins] |
211 | |
212 | - Fixed some shell-argument-quoting issues on VMS. In the process, |
213 | we have added some support for avoiding tripping over |
214 | shell-argument-quoting issues on other platforms too. [Initial |
215 | patch by Craig A. Berry] |
216 | |
47f13fd5 |
217 | 0.27_09 Sat Mar 11 22:48:54 EST 2006 |
218 | |
219 | - Fixed find_perl_interpreter() so we can find the perl executable |
220 | when running from uninstalled perl even when $^X contains a |
221 | relative path. [Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes] |
222 | |
223 | - Fixed warning message where we were printing the wrong field names. |
224 | [Chris Dolan] |
225 | |
226 | - Added a 'testpodcoverage' action that runs a POD coverage check for |
227 | all modules in the distribution. [Yanick Champoux] |
228 | |
229 | - Added a Cookbook example of subclassing to modify an action. [Dylan |
230 | Martin and David Golden] |
231 | |
232 | - When building HTML documentation, we were opening the POD file and |
233 | not checking whether the open succeeded, which of course caused |
234 | problems down the line if it failed. Now we do "or die(...)" like |
235 | everywhere else. [Spotted by Joerg Braun] |
236 | |
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237 | 0.27_08 Fri Mar 3 21:22:41 CST 2006 |
238 | |
239 | - Due to shell quoting issues and differences in syntax between |
240 | various flavors of Windows, the code for the 'pl2bat' utility |
241 | distributed with Perl has been incorporated into M::B::P::Windows. |
242 | [Thanks to Dr Bean and Ron Savage for help testing and isolating |
243 | the problem.] |
244 | |
245 | - Modify add_build_element() so that it only adds elements if they |
246 | don't already exist. [David Wheeler] |
247 | |
248 | - Fixed a bug in the 'pass-through' Makefile.PL in which we would die |
249 | if CPAN::Shell->install returned false, but apparently this return |
250 | value is unreliable. Now we only die if the module is actually |
251 | unavailable after installation. |
252 | |
253 | - Fixed testing problems on VMS related to non-case-preserving |
254 | filesystems. We now bundle Tie::CPHash in the distribution (just |
255 | for testing purposes, it doesn't get installed) to help with |
256 | this. [Craig Berry and Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes] |
257 | |
258 | - We incorrectly documented the 'dynamic_config' flag in the META.yml |
259 | file as having a default value of false, but according to the |
260 | META.yml spec (which, for heaven's sake, we wrote) its default |
261 | value is true. Fixed. [Spotted by Adam Kennedy] |
262 | |
263 | - The have_c_compiler() method was dying if the ExtUtils::CBuilder |
264 | module wasn't around, which is obviously an unhelpful thing to do. |
265 | Now it just returns false. [Spotted by John Peacock] |
266 | |
267 | - Fix detection of $VERSION expressions that are not |
268 | assignments. [Spotted by Chris Dolan] |
269 | |
270 | - Obfuscate one of our constructs that uses a $VERSION variable, |
271 | because it was getting picked up by ExtUtils::MakeMaker's |
272 | version-finder. [Spotted by Randal Schwartz] |
273 | |
274 | - The config_data script for querying and/or setting a module's |
275 | config data was forgetting to call write() after setting config |
276 | values (though setting feature values was working fine). |
277 | Fixed. [Brian Duggan] |
278 | |
279 | - On Windows, remove the pl2bat generated 'Build.bat' script without |
280 | the annoying "The batch file cannot be found." error. [Solution |
281 | provided by RazTK and foxidrive on newsgroup alt.msdos.batch] |
282 | |
283 | - Our version comparisons should now work correctly with modules that |
284 | use version.pm to delcare their versions (e.g. "our $VERSION = |
285 | version->new('1.0.0')"). [John Peacock and Ron Savage] |
286 | |
287 | - We now create a Build.bat script on versions of Windows where it |
288 | makes sense. [Yves] |
289 | |
290 | - Fixed the verbiage around choosing the correct make-alike on |
291 | different platforms to suggest using 'perl -V:make'. [Suggested by |
292 | anonymous user] |
293 | |
294 | 0.27_07 Wed Feb 1 20:07:45 CST 2006 |
295 | |
296 | - The notes() method now returns the new value when called with two |
297 | arguments, just like when it's called with one argument. [Tyler |
298 | MacDonald] |
299 | |
300 | - The notes() method now distinguishes among the values undef, 0, and |
301 | the empty string, where previously it didn't. [Tyler MacDonald] |
302 | |
303 | - We now unshift(@INC) rather than push(@INC) for the directory where |
304 | a build subclass lives, so that we're sure to pick up the right |
305 | version and not some already-installed version. [perlmonkey] |
306 | |
307 | - The SIGNATURE file for version 0.27_06 (and I'm sure for lots of |
308 | versions before that too!) was messed up, since we were modifying |
309 | some files after signing. This has been band-aided for the time |
310 | being by signing twice. [Reported by Chris Dolan] |
311 | |
312 | 0.27_06 Mon Jan 23 21:44:54 CST 2006 |
313 | |
314 | - Fixed an undefined-variable warning when building the META.yml file |
315 | and the author hasn't used the 'module_name' mechanism. [Chris Dolan] |
316 | |
317 | - We should now work with recent (> 0.49) versions of YAML.pm when |
318 | creating the META.yml file. [Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes] |
319 | |
320 | - The y_n() method now requires the default parameter, and the |
321 | prompt() and y_n() methods have been improved with respect to |
322 | how they behave/detect when there is no user to ask. We're now |
323 | more consistent with MakeMaker, including respecting the |
324 | PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT environment variable. [Tyler MacDonald and |
325 | Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes] |
326 | |
327 | - When building a README file using Pod::Text, work around a bug in |
328 | Pod::Text 3.01, which expects Pod::Simple::parse_file to take input |
329 | and output filehandles when it actually only takes an input |
330 | filehandle. [Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes] |
331 | |
332 | 0.27_05 Thu Jan 12 17:39:21 CST 2006 |
333 | |
334 | - In t/common.pl, we were attempting to let the user's installed |
335 | Test::More take precedence over ours, but getting thwarted by all |
336 | the test scripts' loading Test::More beforehand. Fixed. [Spotted |
337 | by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes] |
338 | |
339 | - In various test scripts, we were outputting some strings that |
340 | weren't strictly conformant with Test::Harness's expected input, |
341 | though it didn't actually cause problems. Now we're more |
342 | conformant, though not yet strict. [Spotted by Yitzchak |
343 | Scott-Thoennes] |
344 | |
345 | 0.27_04 Fri Dec 23 10:43:34 CST 2005 |
346 | |
347 | - Removed experimental feature that extended the prerequisite system |
348 | to apply ('requires', 'recommends', and 'conflicts') prereqs to all |
349 | actions. Most of the internal extensiblity has been retained so |
350 | that prereq types can easily be added, more selectively. |
351 | |
352 | - Added a 'prereq_report' action that shows the user a well-formatted |
353 | list of all prerequisites, the versions required, and the versions |
354 | actually installed. [David Wheeler] |
355 | |
356 | - Clarified the directory name that's created during the 'distdir' |
357 | action. [Suggested by Tyler MacDonald] |
358 | |
359 | - Fixed a bug when creating the META.yml file without the help of |
360 | YAML.pm - some common strings weren't quoted & escaped properly. |
361 | Now only some uncommon ones are. [Spotted by Joshua ben Jore] |
362 | |
363 | - Fixed a bug in which an "UNINST=1" argument specified to a |
364 | passthrough Makefile's "make install" wasn't actually seen by |
365 | Module::Build. |
366 | |
367 | - Rather than dying when the Build script is run from the wrong |
368 | directory, it now simply chdir()s into the right directory and |
369 | keeps going. [Suggested by Dominique Quatravaux] |
370 | |
371 | - Added an "Examples on CPAN" section to the cookbook, with an |
372 | initial entry pointing to John Peacock's SVN-Notify-Mirror |
373 | distribution. |
374 | |
375 | - Add an invoked_action() method to return the name of the original |
376 | action invoked by the user. |
377 | |
378 | - Add 'meta-spec' field to the generated META.yml file, including the |
379 | version of the specification followed by the current Module::Build |
380 | and the url where the specification can be found. |
381 | |
382 | - Introduced two actions, 'html' & 'manpages', that generate |
383 | documentation for POD when the respective feature is enabled. The |
384 | actions will generate the documents even if there is no set place |
385 | to install to. However, if the actions are invoked as a dependency |
386 | of another action (e.g. build), the documentation will only be |
387 | built when there is a default or user-specified place to install to. |
388 | |
389 | - Added support for environment variable, 'MODULEBUILDRC', which can |
390 | be used to specify the full path to an option file to use instead |
391 | of the default location of ~/.modulebuildrc. A special undocumented |
392 | setting of 'NONE' tells Module::Build not to load any user settings, |
393 | so tests can be run without tainting from user options. |
394 | |
395 | - Documented and improved preliminary support for more Getopt::Long |
396 | style options are supported, including boolean options (--verbose, |
397 | --no-verbose), and use of hyphens in option names in addition to |
398 | underscores. |
399 | |
400 | - The option to disable/enable reading of the ~/.modulebuildrc file |
401 | is changed from 'skip_rcfile' to 'use_rcfile' |
402 | |
403 | - Allow the 'distmeta' action to continue when 'MANIFEST' is missing, |
404 | omitting the generation of the 'provieds' field. [Steven Schubiger] |
405 | |
406 | - Fixed some failing regex from generated MANIFEST.SKIP file. |
407 | |
408 | - Fixed an edge case in $VERSION parsing where we thought a package() |
409 | declaration was happening but it wasn't. [David Golden] |
410 | |
411 | - Added docs for the install_destination() and install_types() methods. |
412 | |
413 | 0.27_03 (Beta for 0.28) Mon Oct 10 11:19:23 EDT 2005 |
414 | |
415 | - We now use ExtUtils::CBuilder to do all compiling of C code (for |
416 | example, when compiling XS modules). (This change actually |
417 | occurred in 0.27_01, but it was mistakenly omitted from the Changes |
418 | file.) |
419 | |
420 | - Fixed an issue on Win32 (and other case-tolerant |
421 | non-case-preserving systems, possibly like VMS?) in which the |
422 | current working directory would sometimes be reported with |
423 | different case, fooling us into thinking that we were in the wrong |
424 | directory. [David Golden] |
425 | |
426 | - The extra_compiler_flags setting was not actually being passed |
427 | along to ExtUtils::CBuilder so it could pass it along to the |
428 | compiler. Now it is. |
429 | |
430 | - The synonyms 'scripts' and 'prereq' for 'script_files' and |
431 | 'requires' were broken in a previous version (0.27_01, probably), |
432 | but now they're fixed. [David Golden] |
433 | |
434 | - Previously, we assumed that any custom subclass of Module::Build |
435 | was located in _build/lib/. This is only true if the author used |
436 | the subclass() method, though. We now use %INC to find where the |
437 | custom subclass really is, so that we can "use lib" it. We also |
438 | issue a warning if it seems to be outside the build directory. |
439 | [Spotted by Peter Tandler] |
440 | |
441 | - Added a URL for each license type that we know about, which will |
442 | appear as resources=>license: in the generated META.yml file. |
443 | |
444 | - If the user passes a no_index parameter to our constructor, we now |
445 | pass that through when building the META.yml file. [Richard |
446 | Soderberg, RT #9603] |
447 | |
448 | - A few more status messages can now be suppressed by using 'quiet' |
449 | mode. [Dave Rolsky] |
450 | |
451 | - Added some more entries to the default MANIFEST.SKIP file. [Chris |
452 | Dolan] |
453 | |
454 | - Our POD parser will now accept "AUTHORS" as well as "AUTHOR" when |
455 | looking for the author list in a module. [David Wheeler] |
456 | |
457 | - When looking for the POD to auto-generate a README file, or for the |
458 | AUTHOR or ABSTRACT for the distribution, we now also look for a |
459 | *.pod with the same name as the *.pm file specified by |
460 | 'version_from'. [David Golden] |
461 | |
462 | - The recommended dependency on ExtUtils::ParseXS has been moved into |
463 | the "C_support" auto_feature. |
464 | |
465 | - When building XS files, we now pass the -DVERSION and -DXS_VERSION |
466 | flags to the compiler. [Spotted by Jerry Hedden] |
467 | |
468 | - If a distribution has XS files and Module::Build has not been |
469 | configured with the "C_support" feature, we now issue a |
470 | warning. [Suggested by Jerry Hedden] |
471 | |
472 | - Added a dir_contains() method. |
473 | |
474 | - Some versions of MakeMaker, CPANPLUS, and/or PAUSE thought that a |
475 | certain line of our code was declaring a $VERSION when we didn't |
476 | intend to. The line has been obscurified so they won't think that |
477 | anymore. [Jos Boumans, RT #14226] |
478 | |
479 | - Added the Apache, MIT, and Mozilla licenses to the list of licenses |
480 | that this module knows about. [Bob Ippolito] |
481 | |
482 | - Fixed a pretty significant typo in the documentation for |
483 | auto_features. [Spotted by Jonas B. Nielsen] |
484 | |
485 | - In order to aid people who want to do customization of the META.yml |
486 | file, we've added a "metafile" property that can then be easily |
487 | overridden in subclasses, changed do_create_meta_yml() to |
488 | do_create_metafile(), and split out the code that actually |
489 | generates the YAML into a new method, write_metafile(). [David |
490 | Wheeler] |
491 | |
492 | - Fixed a couple of non-helpful behaviors with extra_compiler_flags |
493 | and extra_linker_flags. These will automatically be run through |
494 | split_like_shell() when given to new() as strings. |
495 | |
496 | - When the user doesn't have ExtUtils::ParseXS installed and we use |
497 | the old 'xsubpp', the displayed command line for creating the .c |
498 | file from the .xs file was missing its newline. Now it's got it. |
499 | |
500 | 0.27_02 (Beta for 0.28) Fri Jul 15 07:34:58 CDT 2005 |
501 | |
502 | - Provided initial support for the --prefix installation parameter, |
503 | which acts like MakeMaker's PREFIX. It is still highly recommended |
504 | NOT to use it when you could reasonably use --install_base or |
505 | --install_path or --install_dest, but that's just because the way |
506 | --prefix is designed is weird and unpredictable. Ultimately the |
507 | choice rests with the installing user. [Patches by Michael Schwern |
508 | and Rob Kinyon] |
509 | |
510 | - Fixed a bug in subclass() which prevented people from using it to |
511 | subclass subclasses of Module::Build. [Chris Dolan] |
512 | |
513 | - Added a 'pure_install' action, which for the time being is |
514 | identical to the 'install' action. [Jos Boumans] |
515 | |
516 | - Fixed a POD error in an L<http://...> tag. [Offer Kaye] |
517 | |
518 | - Note several options for automatically creating a new module dev |
519 | tree. [Suggested by Eric Wilhelm] |
520 | |
521 | - Removed some hard-coded references to File::Spec::Unix in the |
522 | creation of HTML docs, which should help that code work in more |
523 | places, and help people not to panic when they look at it. [Spotted |
524 | by Yves] |
525 | |
526 | - We now use Pod::Readme by default (instead of Pod::Text) to |
527 | generate the README file when the 'create_readme' option is used. |
528 | If Pod::Readme is not installed, we will still fall back to using |
529 | Pod::Text. [Robert Rothenberg] |
530 | |
531 | - The values of the "prefix", "install_base", "install_path", and |
532 | "install_dest" parameters can now begin with "~" or "~user", and |
533 | we'll de-tilde-ify them by using glob(). |
534 | |
535 | - The (optional) auto-creation of the README and Makefile.PL files |
536 | have been moved from the 'distdir' action to the 'distmeta' |
537 | action. [David Golden] |
538 | |
539 | - When looking for a .modulebuildrc file, we now use a fancier method |
540 | of trying to find the home directory, because $ENV{HOME} isn't a |
541 | very cross-platform variable. [Robert Rothenberg] |
542 | |
543 | - We now memoize the output of the internal _default_INC() method, |
544 | since it uses backticks and might be kind of slow. |
545 | |
546 | - When processing XS files, we now look for a typemap in lib/ as well |
547 | as using the system's default typemap. [John Peacock] |
548 | |
549 | - The DESTDIR, PREFIX, and INSTALL_BASE arguments to "make install" |
550 | are now supported for pass-through Makefiles (they've been |
551 | supported for quite a while as arguments to "perl |
552 | Makefile.PL"). [Requested by Guillaume Rousse] |
553 | |
554 | - Test::Harness has changed its output format in recent versions, |
555 | which threw off one of our tests. We now allow for this different |
556 | format. [Reported by Scott Godin] |
557 | |
558 | - Fixed an issue that prevented Module::Build from upgrading itself |
559 | using its own API (which is how CPANPLUS uses it). There are still |
560 | some issues with this solution, however. See ticket #13169 in |
561 | rt.cpan.org. [Reported by Jos Boumans] |
562 | |
563 | - Fixed a fatal error that occurred when a distribution's author |
564 | could not be determined from its POD nor from the call to |
565 | Module::Build->new() in its Build.PL. See ticket #12318 in |
566 | rt.cpan.org. [Reported by Jos Boumans] |
567 | |
568 | - Apparently on Windows and cygwin it's not possible to use the "-pi" |
569 | switch to perl without a backup extension, so now we use ".bak" and |
570 | remove the backup file when we're done. Thus the "dist" action for |
571 | Module::Build itself can now be run on those platforms. [Yitzchak |
572 | Scott-Thoennes] |
573 | |
574 | - Improved the handling of auto_features in the config_data access |
575 | script. [Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes] |
576 | |
577 | 0.27_01 (Beta for 0.28) Fri Apr 15 21:12:57 CDT 2005 |
578 | |
579 | Backward-incompatible (but better) changes: |
580 | |
581 | * When using the 'install_base' option to choose a directory for |
582 | installing everything, perl modules now go into lib/perl5/ instead |
583 | of just lib/. It seems this is more consistent with people's |
584 | expectations, and the way I had it before was a bit peculiar to the |
585 | way I like things in my own home directory. [Michael Schwern] |
586 | |
587 | * When the user is using the 'install_base' option, scripts will now |
588 | be installed by default in $install_base/bin/ rather than |
589 | $install_base/script/ . [Jan Hudec and Michael Schwern] |
590 | |
591 | Major changes: |
592 | |
593 | - The auto_features mechanism will now re-evaluate dependencies every |
594 | time feature() is called for an auto-feature, rather than freezing |
595 | the success/failure value during 'perl Build.PL' and using that |
596 | value for all eternity (or module update, whichever comes first). |
597 | This applies to both $build->feature() and |
598 | FooModule::ConfigData->feature() calls. [Requested by many] |
599 | |
600 | - Added the meta_add and meta_merge mechanisms, which let the module |
601 | author add/merge arbitrary entries into the META.yml file. |
602 | |
603 | - Now reads per-action default options from '$ENV{HOME}/.modulebuildrc' |
604 | if it exists. Command line options override anything set in the rc file. |
605 | |
606 | - We now use ExtUtils::CBuilder to do all compiling of C code (for |
607 | example, when compiling XS modules). |
608 | |
609 | - The creation of Unix man pages is no longer a strict necessity - it |
610 | has now been turned into an 'auto-feature' contingent on the |
611 | presence of Pod::Man and a location specified for man pages to go. |
612 | |
613 | - A user-specified 'install_path' setting will now take precedence |
614 | over an 'install_base' setting. This allows the user to use |
615 | 'install_base' to set the base for all elements in one go, and then |
616 | use 'install_path' to override specific paths or add paths for |
617 | additional kinds of targets. |
618 | |
619 | - Split the main documentation from 'Module/Build.pm' into two |
620 | sections. The user level documentation and overview remains in |
621 | 'Module/Build.pm', while a new document, |
622 | 'Module/Build/Authoring.pod', has been created for module authors. |
623 | |
624 | Minor changes: |
625 | |
626 | - new_from_context() was losing its arguments in some cases (and not |
627 | because of inadequate training in forensic debate) - we now pass its |
628 | arguments directly to the Build.PL script rather than merging them |
629 | in afterwards. |
630 | |
631 | - Let resume() return an object blessed into the appropriate class |
632 | if the user has provided a subclass, as specified by the |
633 | 'build_class' property. This allows current() and new_from_context() |
634 | to behave more like factory methods returning objects of the correct |
635 | class based on context. [Ray Zimmerman] |
636 | |
637 | - Refactored methods relating to parsing perl module files for |
638 | package, version, and pod data into a new class: |
639 | Module::Build::ModuleInfo. It should not be considered part of |
640 | Module::Build's API, because we may split it out entirely as a |
641 | separate CPAN module that we depend on. |
642 | |
643 | - Added new method Module::Build::prepare_metadata() for authors to |
644 | override in order to add custom fields to META.yml. |
645 | |
646 | - We now use Test::More for our regression tests. If the user |
647 | doesn't have it installed, we include a copy in t/lib/ that we can |
648 | use during testing. |
649 | |
650 | - When copying files in the 'distdir' action, set permissions to match |
651 | the original files. [Julian Mehnle] |
652 | |
653 | - When adding files like META.yml to the MANIFEST, we now tell the |
654 | user we're doing so by printing one of the "Added to MANIFEST: ..." |
655 | lines. [Ron Savage] |
656 | |
657 | - Added a runtime_params() method, which lets a module author see |
658 | which parameters were overridden by the user on the command line |
659 | (or in whatever paradigm the user originally invoked Module::Build |
660 | from). [David Wheeler] |
661 | |
662 | - Added the current_action() method, which, surprisingly, returns the |
663 | name of the currently running action. [David Wheeler] |
664 | |
665 | - Added docs for run_perl_script(). |
666 | |
667 | - Added some stuff to the docs about why PREFIX is unsupported, and |
668 | what to use instead. [Steve Purkis] |
669 | |
670 | - The simple get/set accessor methods for all the 'parameters' like |
671 | verbose(), license(), etc. now have auto-generated documentation in |
672 | Module/Build.pm. |
673 | |
674 | - Created a Cookbook entry for 'Adding new elements to the install |
675 | process' |
676 | |
677 | - We now add META.yml to the MANIFEST when META.yml is created, not |
678 | when MANIFEST is created. [Spotted by Ron Savage] |
679 | |
680 | - Added some additional patterns to the suggested MANIFEST.SKIP |
681 | contents, and changed the docs so that we encourage the user to use |
682 | the MANIFEST.SKIP. [Ron Savage] |
683 | |
684 | - Eliminated a redundant recipe from the Cookbook, now that there are |
685 | some more extensive recipes on how to add stuff to the |
686 | build/install sequences. |
687 | |
688 | - Eliminated an undefined-variable warning when testing under perl 5.005 |
689 | |
690 | - When building HTML documentation, 'html_backlink' and 'html_css' |
691 | properties are now first-class properties, so they can be set from |
692 | the command line. [Suggested by Sagar R. Shah] |
693 | |
694 | - Have script_files default to everything in bin. I believe this is |
695 | the least surprising behavior. [Suggested by Michael Schwern] |
696 | |
697 | - If script_files is given a directory, consider each file in that |
698 | directory tree as a script to be installed. This avoids having to |
699 | remember to add to the script_files list every time you add a |
700 | program. [Suggested by Michael Schwern] |
701 | |
702 | - We now only load Pod::Man when we actually need to build man pages. |
703 | |
704 | - We now make Test::Harness use our carefully-selected path to a perl |
705 | executable regardless of Test::Harness's version. Previously we |
706 | let it figure stuff out for itself if it was a reasonably modern |
707 | version, but it's safer to make sure we're using the same perl |
708 | everywhere. |
709 | |
710 | 0.2610 Fri Apr 15 08:25:01 CDT 2005 |
711 | |
712 | - new_from_context() was losing its arguments in some cases (and not |
713 | because of inadequate training in debate) - we now pass its |
714 | arguments directly to the Build.PL script rather than merging them |
715 | in afterwards. [Ray Zimmerman] |
716 | |
717 | - Fixed a bug in which config_data and feature data were being |
718 | forgotten and no ConfigData.pm module would get written. [Ray |
719 | Zimmerman] |
720 | |
721 | - Added a recipe to the cookbook showing how to run a single test |
722 | file from the command line. [William McKee] |
723 | |
724 | - For command-line arguments, we now accept the syntax "--foo=bar" in |
725 | addition to "--foo bar" and "foo=bar". This seems to fit well with |
726 | what GNU getopt and Getopt::Long do, and with people's |
727 | expectations. [Adam Spiers] |
728 | |
729 | 0.2609 Wed Mar 16 22:18:35 CST 2005 |
730 | |
731 | - The html docs that were created during the first invokation of |
732 | './Build' were being found and treated as pod that needed to be |
733 | converted to html during subsequent invokations. We now are more |
734 | specific about the directories we scan for pod that needs to be |
735 | converted, effectively avoiding blib/html. [Ray Zimmerman] |
736 | |
737 | - If Pod::Man is not available, we now skip building man pages |
738 | (rather than dying) and tell the user why. |
739 | |
740 | - We now write a .packlist file upon installation, in the same place |
741 | that ExtUtils::MakeMaker does. [Johnny Lam] |
742 | |
743 | - On some Unix platforms (BSD derivatives, mostly) perl's $^X |
744 | variable isn't set to the full path of the perl executable, just |
745 | 'perl', when the 'Build' script is run as './Build' and not 'perl |
746 | ./Build'. This can lead to some other modules (maybe |
747 | Test::Harness, maybe IO::File, I dunno...) getting very confused |
748 | about where they are, and they try to load stuff from the wrong |
749 | perl lib, and big trouble ensues. To fix this, we now set $^X to |
750 | the value of Module::Build->find_perl_interpreter(). |
751 | |
752 | - The 'distcheck' action will now die() if it finds an error in the |
753 | MANIFEST, rather than just printing on STDOUT. [David Golden] |
754 | |
755 | - When the README and/or Makefile.PL are autogenerated using |
756 | create_readme or create_makefile_pl, we now automatically make sure |
757 | they're also listed in the MANIFEST file. [Suggested by Michael |
758 | Schwern] |
759 | |
760 | - Got rid of the t/MANIFEST file - it's superfluous, and it had |
761 | zero-length, which some versions of Tar don't like. [William |
762 | Underwood] |
763 | |
764 | - Added a mention in the documentation that each property that new() |
765 | accepts also has a corresponding get/set accessor. (In the version |
766 | 0.27_0x series each accessor method is mentioned explicitly in the |
767 | docs.) [Omission spotted by Ian Langworth] |
768 | |
769 | 0.2608 Wed Jan 26 19:46:09 CST 2005 |
770 | |
771 | - Add workaround for test files because Devel::Cover causes |
772 | require to fail when the argument to require is an expression |
773 | involving File::Spec. We now assign the result of the File::Spec |
774 | call to a variable and then call require with that variable. |
775 | |
776 | - Tilde-expansion is now performed on arguments passed to a |
777 | compatibility-Makefile.PL [Spotted by Sam Vilain] |
778 | |
779 | - We now run the 'gzip' and 'tar' values through split_like_shell() |
780 | when running the 'dist' action, so that e.g. the 'gzip' value can |
781 | be set to something like "gzip -f --best" and it'll work |
782 | correctly. [Spotted by Chris Dolan] |
783 | |
784 | - Work around some bad mojo between Fedora Core [with its very long |
785 | @INC] and old versions of Test::Harness [with its propensity to |
786 | compound the number of @INC entries] that produced an "argument |
787 | list too long" error during testing. [assisted by Ville Skytta, |
788 | David Golden, & Randy Sims] |
789 | |
790 | - Killed an infinite loop that would happen in y_n() in interactive |
791 | mode if the author provided no default value. [Max Maischein] |
792 | |
793 | 0.2607 (Bug fix release in 0.26 series) Sat Dec 18 14:14:09 CST 2004 |
794 | |
795 | - Instead of freezing @INC in the 'Build' script to the value it had |
796 | when Build.PL was run, we now just add those additional values that |
797 | aren't part of the default compiled-in @INC. [Michael Schwern] |
798 | |
799 | - The run_perl_script() method will now propagate any extra entries |
800 | in @INC (such as those added by "use lib" or the -I command-line |
801 | switch) to the subprocess. This helps situations in which you want |
802 | to tell the subprocess where to find a certain module, for |
803 | instance. [Michael Schwern] |
804 | |
805 | 0.2606 (Bug fix release in 0.26 series) Tue Dec 7 22:33:11 CST 2004 |
806 | |
807 | - Fixed a linking bug on Win32, in which compiled C code object files |
808 | never got linked in with the modules being built. [Dominic |
809 | Mitchell] |
810 | |
811 | - Fixed a bug in the new_from_context() method in which any arguments |
812 | passed made us die. [Spotted by Jos Boumans] |
813 | |
814 | 0.2605 (Bug fix release in 0.26 series) Tue Nov 30 07:16:13 CST 2004 |
815 | |
816 | - Fixed a bug in which zero-length arguments for hash-valued |
817 | parameters (e.g. " --config foo= ") weren't being allowed. |
818 | |
819 | - The tests now play better with environments in which version.pm is |
820 | pre-loaded, like in bleadperl. [John Peacock & Michael Schwern] |
821 | |
822 | - Fixed a syntax error in one of the tests under perl 5.005. |
823 | |
824 | 0.2604 (Bug fix release in 0.26 series) Wed Nov 17 14:32:42 CST 2004 |
825 | |
826 | - Fixed a split_like_shell() bug introduced in 0.2603 for Windows, in |
827 | which an array reference passed as an argument was returned as an |
828 | array reference, rather than as a list. [Spotted by Steve Hay] |
829 | |
830 | - module_name() will now return '' instead of undef when module_name |
831 | is not set. This eliminates a couple uninitialized-value |
832 | warnings. [Suggested by Michael Schwern] |
833 | |
834 | - The expand_test_dir() method will now skip dotfiles (like ._foo.t, |
835 | which sometimes gets automatically created on Mac systems) when |
836 | 'recursive_test_files' is in effect. [Tom Insam] |
837 | |
838 | 0.2603 (Bug fix release in 0.26 series) Mon Nov 15 10:28:00 CST 2004 |
839 | |
840 | - Added documentation for the new_from_context() method. |
841 | |
842 | - Completely rewrote the split_like_shell() method for the Windows |
843 | platform so it works like the command.com shell. [Randy Sims] |
844 | |
845 | 0.2602 (Bug fix release in 0.26 series) Thu Nov 4 11:19:29 CST 2004 |
846 | |
847 | - The two bug fixes in 0.2601 gnashed against each other incorrectly, |
848 | resulting in a Win32 bug in split_like_shell(). Fixed. [Spotted |
849 | by Steve Hay & Randy Sims] |
850 | |
851 | - Removed a couple of 'use warnings' statements from the code - they |
852 | were causing compile failures on 5.005_04, where warnings.pm isn't |
853 | available. [Blair Zajac] |
854 | |
855 | 0.2601 (Bug fix release in 0.26 series) Wed Nov 3 20:09:27 CST 2004 |
856 | |
857 | - Fixed some backslash problems with split_like_shell() on |
858 | Win32. [Steve Hay] |
859 | |
860 | - Fixed a bug in split_like_shell() in which leading whitespace was |
861 | creating an empty word, manifesting as something like "gcc - no |
862 | such file or directory" during tests. [Spotted by Warren L. Dodge] |
863 | |
864 | 0.26 Sat Oct 9 17:51:01 CDT 2004 |
865 | |
866 | - Removed some language from the Module::Build::Compat documentation |
867 | that encouraged people to include a Build.PL without a Makefile.PL. |
868 | Also changed "a replacement for MakeMaker" to "an alternative to |
869 | MakeMaker" in the main documentation, which is basically what I |
870 | meant all along (i.e. a replacement for MakeMaker in your |
871 | particular build process - MakeMaker is never going to be fully |
872 | replaced in the perl world at large, of course), but some people |
873 | got the impression I was a little more truculent toward MakeMaker |
874 | than I really am. |
875 | |
876 | - Added the formal concepts of "features" and "config data" for |
877 | distributions. This allows the module author to define a certain |
878 | set of features that the user can switch on and off (usually |
879 | according to whether they have the proper prerequisites for them), |
880 | and to save build-time configuration information in a standardized |
881 | format. See the main documentation of Module::Build for more |
882 | details. (Note that the name of this system was called |
883 | "BuildConfig" for a while in beta, but now it's called |
884 | "ConfigData".) |
885 | |
886 | - Added an 'auto_features' capability, which simplifies the process |
887 | of defining features that depend on a set of prerequisites. |
888 | |
889 | - Added the 'get_options' parameter, which lets module authors |
890 | declare certain command-line arguments their Build.PL can accept |
891 | [David Wheeler] |
892 | |
893 | - Changed the split_like_shell() method to use the shellwords() |
894 | function from Text::ParseWords (a core module since 5.0), which |
895 | does a much better job than the split() we were using. |
896 | |
897 | - Added a 'testpod' action, which checks the syntactic validity of |
898 | all POD files in the distribution using Test::Pod. This eliminates |
899 | the need for doing so in a regression test. [Initial patch by Mark |
900 | Stosberg] |
901 | |
902 | - Added a process_files_by_extension() method, which generalizes the |
903 | kind of processing (essentially just copying) that happens for .pm |
904 | and .pod files, and makes it available to other user-defined types |
905 | of files. See the new cookbook entry. |
906 | |
907 | - Improved compatibility with version.pm when authors are using |
908 | version objects as their $VERSION variables. Now |
909 | version_from_file() can deal with these objects. Currently we |
910 | stringify them right away, but perhaps in the future we will |
911 | preserve them as objects for a while. |
912 | |
913 | - During 'distdir' and 'distmeta' actions, die a bit more gracefully |
914 | if there's no MANIFEST (i.e. explicitly say that a MANIFEST is |
915 | required). [Spotted by Adrian Howard] |
916 | |
917 | - Eliminated a recursive dependency between creating the MANIFEST |
918 | file and creating the META.yml file. [Spotted by Dave Rolsky] |
919 | |
920 | - On Win32, where a single directory might be known variously as |
921 | "Module-Build-0.25_03" or "MODULE~1.25_", we now use |
922 | Win32::GetShortPathName($cwd) to verify that the 'Build' script is |
923 | being run from the correct directory, rather than just a string |
924 | comparison. |
925 | |
926 | - The add_to_cleanup() method will now accept glob()-style patterns |
927 | in addition to explicit filenames. Also documented the fact that |
928 | they can be specified in either Unix-style or native-style |
929 | notation. |
930 | |
931 | - Passing a PREFIX value to a pass-through Makefile 'make install' |
932 | now has the same effect as passing it to 'perl Makefile.PL' (it |
933 | dies with a helpful message). |
934 | |
935 | - Added the 'testcover' action, which runs a test suite using |
936 | Devel::Cover. [Dave Rolsky] |
937 | |
938 | - Added the 'lib' and 'arch' installation directories to the search |
939 | path for the 'diff' action, since they won't necessarily (though |
940 | they usually will) be in @INC at installation time. [Suggested by |
941 | Kevin Baker] |
942 | |
943 | - The "=head3" POD directive isn't supported in older podlators |
944 | (particularly Pod::Man), so we don't use it anymore. |
945 | |
946 | - Fixed a typo & improved the docs in the SUBCLASSING section. [Ron |
947 | Savage] |
948 | |
949 | - Added the '.tmp' suffix to the default MANIFEST.SKIP file, which |
950 | should avoid adding things like pod2htmi.tmp to the MANIFEST [Ron |
951 | Savage] |
952 | |
953 | - Backup files from Emacs, containing the string '.#' in their names, |
954 | should no longer find their way into the blib/ directory (and from |
955 | there into installation directories). |
956 | |
957 | - Worked around an unpleasant interaction between version.pm and the |
958 | version-checking code that makes sure Module::Build's version |
959 | hasn't changed during the lifetime of the 'Build' script. [Reported |
960 | by Trevor Schellhorn] |
961 | |
962 | - Fixed a problem in htmlify_pods() that would produce test failures |
963 | on Cygwin (and probably elsewhere). [Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes] |
964 | |
965 | - Fixed a test failure on Cygwin (and probably elsewhere) in |
966 | t/compat.t, resulting from empty environment variables being set to |
967 | the empty string (as opposed to simply being unset) by their mere |
968 | presence in the "EXPORT:" list. |
969 | |
970 | - Fixed a fatal error that occurred when the author specified |
971 | 'dist_author' manually in their Build.PL script. [Spotted by Ron |
972 | Savage] |
973 | |
974 | - The 'provides' section of the META.yml file wasn't being built |
975 | properly on Win32, because of a mismatch between URL-format and |
976 | native-format pathnames. Fixed. [Reported by Robert Rothenberg] |
977 | |
978 | - The progress message "lib/Foo.xs -> lib/Foo.c" was previously being |
979 | output even when the Foo.c file wasn't being rebuilt. It's now |
980 | fixed. |
981 | |
982 | - Fixed a couple of places in Compat.pm where it could have forgotten |
983 | which perl interpreter it had been run with ($^X isn't very |
984 | trustworthy). |
985 | |
986 | - On some systems, the way we updated the timestamp on the |
987 | "lib/Foo.bs" file (one of the output files for XS-based modules) |
988 | was failing. It's been replaced by a simple call to utime(). |
989 | |
990 | - Fixed a problem in t/compat.t that prevented it from being run |
991 | individually using 'make test TEST_FILES=t/compat.t'. The problem |
992 | was that a couple environment variables (TEST_FILES, MAKEFLAGS) |
993 | were being passed through to subprocesses, and confused them. |
994 | |
995 | - Fixed an important typo in the documentation for the 'install_base' |
996 | parameter ('libdoc' and 'bindoc' were switched). [Ray Zimmerman] |
997 | |
998 | - The pass-through Makefiles (type 'small' or 'passthrough') now |
999 | support the TEST_FILES parameter to 'make test'. |
1000 | |
1001 | - Fixed a fatal error that would occur on perl 5.005 when building |
1002 | HTML documentation, because its version of Pod::Html was old and |
1003 | didn't like some of the parameters we fed it. [Spotted by Blair |
1004 | Zajac] |
1005 | |
1006 | - The final line of the generated pass-through Makefile was missing |
1007 | its trailing newline, which is now fixed. [Chip Salzenberg] |
1008 | |
1009 | - We now depend on YAML version at least 0.35 and at most version |
1010 | 0.49, so that we don't pick up a new (and backward-incompatible) beta |
1011 | version from CPAN. |
1012 | |
1013 | - Squashed a warning in t/basic.t about '"Foo::Module::VERSION" used |
1014 | only once', and one in PPMMaker about $^V being undefined. [Blair |
1015 | Zajac] |
1016 | |
1017 | - Added a couple temporary output files from HTML documentation |
1018 | generation to the cleanup list. [Toby Ovod-Everett] |
1019 | |
1020 | - The PodParser module will now only extract paragraphs in the |
1021 | 'AUTHOR' section of the pod if they contain an '@' character. This |
1022 | tends to do a better job, heuristically speaking, of returning |
1023 | relevant stuff. |
1024 | |
1025 | - Added regression tests and a helper method ( add_build_elements() ) |
1026 | for adding new elements to the build process. Also some |
1027 | documentation. |
1028 | |
1029 | - Wrote a recipe in the Cookbook for adding new elements to the build |
1030 | process, and a recipe for changing the order in which the steps in |
1031 | the build process will occur. |
1032 | |
1033 | 0.25 Sun Apr 25 11:12:36 CDT 2004 |
1034 | |
1035 | - During the 'distdir' action, if no MANIFEST.SKIP file exists, we |
1036 | will now create a reasonable default one. [Randy Sims] |
1037 | |
1038 | - In Makefile compatibility mode, some arguments (like UNINST, |
1039 | TEST_VERBOSE, etc.) given to 'make' are now recognized and passed |
1040 | through to Module::Build. [Randy Sims] |
1041 | |
1042 | - The regression tests now make sure that several pass-through |
1043 | Makefile.PL parameters are dealt with correctly. |
1044 | |
1045 | - Added support for the 'LIB' parameter to passthrough |
1046 | Makefile.PLs. [Spotted by Jesse Erlbaum] |
1047 | |
1048 | - Passing a 'PREFIX' parameter to a passthrough Makefile.PL was |
1049 | supposed to make it die with a helpful error message, but instead |
1050 | it just ignored it and blindly tried to install to the wrong place. |
1051 | This is now fixed. [Spotted by Jesse Erlbaum] |
1052 | |
1053 | - Added an extra_compiler_flags() accessor method. |
1054 | |
1055 | - If the 'recursive_test_files' option was turned on, the test files |
1056 | weren't sorted, but returned in an apparently random order. Now |
1057 | they're sorted. [Martyn Peck] |
1058 | |
1059 | - Documented the 'tar' and 'gzip' parameters to the 'dist' and |
1060 | 'ppmdist' actions. |
1061 | |
1062 | - The generation of HTML documentation now works (it was accidentally |
1063 | partially implemented with an itchy patch-application finger in |
1064 | 0.24). [Randy Kobes] |
1065 | |
1066 | - Fixed a fatal bug when building META.yml with YAML.pm and |
1067 | 'dynamic_config' is set. [Reported by Jaap Karssenberg] |
1068 | |
1069 | - Fixed some incorrect error messages that occurred when |
1070 | compiling/linking C sources went awry. |
1071 | |
1072 | - If the author uses a custom builder subclass, that subclass will |
1073 | now be loaded correctly in the passthrough Makefile.PL if the |
1074 | author uses the 'small' or 'passthrough' Makefile.PL options in |
1075 | Module::Build::Compat. [Martyn Peck and Jaap Karssenberg] |
1076 | |
1077 | - If the author uses a custom builder subclass created dynamically |
1078 | through the subclass() method, passthrough Makefile.PLs (of type |
1079 | 'passthrough' or 'small') didn't work properly, because the custom |
1080 | builder module wouldn't be loaded at the right time. This has been |
1081 | fixed. [Reported by Toby Ovod-Everett] |
1082 | |
1083 | - In M::B-generated 'traditional' Makefile.PLs, the entries in |
1084 | 'PREREQ_PM' are now sorted ASCIIbetically rather than randomly. |
1085 | |
1086 | - The install_types() method will now return any additional types |
1087 | given as 'install_path' arguments, as well as all elements of the |
1088 | current 'install_sets' entry. This makes it easier to add new |
1089 | types of installable objects to the mix. |
1090 | |
1091 | - As a consequence of the previous change, there is no longer any |
1092 | need to have an explicit 'install_types' data member, so it has |
1093 | been removed. |
1094 | |
1095 | - In the second example code for the Module::Build->subclass() |
1096 | method, the Module::Build module needed to be loaded before calling |
1097 | its methods. [John Peacock] |
1098 | |
1099 | - Fixed minor error in the POD structure of Module::Build and |
1100 | Module::Build::Platform::VMS docs. |
1101 | |
1102 | |
1103 | 0.24 Wed Feb 25 15:57:00 CST 2004 |
1104 | |
1105 | - Fixed a problem with incude_dirs not being propagated to the 'ccs' |
1106 | file when compiling XS files on Win32. [Randy Sims and Steve Hay] |
1107 | |
1108 | - In 0.23, Module::Build::Compat->fake_makefile() started choking |
1109 | when no 'build_class' parameter was supplied in the Makefile.PL. |
1110 | Since these Makefile.PLs still exist on CPAN, we now default |
1111 | 'build_class' to 'Module::Build', which was the old 0.22 behavior |
1112 | anyway. [Reported by Martin Titz and Jeremy Seitz] |
1113 | |
1114 | - Added documentation for the 'include_dirs' parameter to |
1115 | new(). [Steve Hay] |
1116 | |
1117 | - Changed the no-op command on Win32 from 'rem' to 'rem>nul' inside |
1118 | pass-through Makefiles. [Randy Sims] |
1119 | |
1120 | - The 'autosplit' parameter now accepts an array reference if |
1121 | multiple files should be split. [Jaap Karssenberg] |
1122 | |
1123 | - find_perl_interpreter() will now use $^X (if absolute), $ENV{PATH} |
1124 | (if $^X isn't absolute), and $Config{perlpath}, in that order. |
1125 | Also, we now make darn sure the result is the same version of perl, |
1126 | by checking Config::myconfig() for a match against the current |
1127 | perl. [Reported by Edward Sabol] |
1128 | |
1129 | - Fixed a fatal error on Win32 (and any other platform that doesn't |
1130 | define an installation location for Unix-style man pages) during |
1131 | installation. |
1132 | |
1133 | 0.23 Sun Feb 8 22:01:18 CST 2004 |
1134 | |
1135 | - Fixed a compatibility problem in pass-through Makefiles (created by |
1136 | Module::Build::Compat). Some 'make' utilities (for example, BSD |
1137 | make) didn't like a '@' by itself on a line, so we stole some |
1138 | 'NOOP' code from MakeMaker to fix it. [Reported by Mathieu Arnold] |
1139 | |
1140 | - Added a 'ppm_dist' action, which just makes the PPD file and then |
1141 | makes a tarball out of the blib/ directory. [Randy Sims] |
1142 | |
1143 | - The @INC of the parent process is now propagated to child processes |
1144 | when processing *.PL files. [Reported by Jaap Karssenberg] |
1145 | |
1146 | - We now only attempt to fix the shebang line on a script if the |
1147 | shebang line matches the regex /perl/i . This fixes some instances |
1148 | where people put shell scripts in their distributions. [Jaap |
1149 | Karssenberg] |
1150 | |
1151 | - We no longer generate a 'requires', 'recommends', 'conflicts', |
1152 | etc. entry in the META.yml file if there's no data to go in it. |
1153 | |
1154 | - Added a documentation reference to Michael Schwern's wiki for tips |
1155 | on conversion from MakeMaker to M::B. [Randy Sims] |
1156 | |
1157 | - If there are script_files, we now add EXE_FILES to the |
1158 | 'traditional' Makefile.PL generated by M::B::Compat. [Suggested by |
1159 | Yuval Kogman] |
1160 | |
1161 | - Documented the 'test_files' parameter to new(). [Reported by Tony |
1162 | Bowden] |
1163 | |
1164 | - Fixed a problem in "Build help <action>", which didn't find the |
1165 | correct help chunk if <action> was the final element in a POD |
1166 | list. [Jaap Karssenberg] |
1167 | |
1168 | - Fixed a problem in the get_action_docs() method which gave |
1169 | incorrect results if the method was called more than once in the |
1170 | same program. |
1171 | |
1172 | - Fixed a problem in which actions defined by user subclasses |
1173 | wouldn't be available via the pass-through Makefiles created by |
1174 | Module::Build::Compat. [Reported by Jaap Karssenberg] |
1175 | |
1176 | - We now use Data::Dumper instead of our own ad-hoc serialization |
1177 | routines to create the 'traditional' Makefile.PL |
1178 | arguments. [Suggested by Yuval Kojman] |
1179 | |
1180 | 0.22 Sat Jan 10 22:05:39 CST 2004 |
1181 | |
1182 | - On Unixish platforms, the syntax "FOO=BAR /bin/baz arg arg" now |
1183 | works when present in $Config{ld}. This solves a problem on Mac OS |
1184 | X 10.3. [Reported by Adam Foxson] |
1185 | |
1186 | - The have_c_compiler() now also tests whether the linker seems to |
1187 | work too. |
1188 | |
1189 | - Fixed a problem with creating the distribution tarball in which |
1190 | permissions would usually be all read-only. We now use our own |
1191 | file-copying routines rather than those in ExtUtils::Manifest, |
1192 | because those do some annoying extra permissions-setting stuff for |
1193 | no apparent reason. It makes me happy that this was a very very |
1194 | easy patch to make. [Reported by Thomas Klausner] |
1195 | |
1196 | - The compile_c() method now includes $Config{cccdlflags} in its |
1197 | command invocation. It's usually empty, but not always, so we |
1198 | didn't notice for a while. [Richard Clamp] |
1199 | |
1200 | - On some platforms it's common to have a $Config{make} defined, but |
1201 | no 'make' utility actually available. We now detect this and skip |
1202 | some 'make' compatibility tests. [Randy Sims] |
1203 | |
1204 | - Fixed a spurious testing failure on non-Unix platforms that |
1205 | happened because we accidentally call localize_file_path() on empty |
1206 | strings in the test suite. [Spotted by Randy Sims on Windows] |
1207 | |
1208 | - Made the 'name', 'abstract', 'author', and 'version' properties |
1209 | required when building a PPD file. [Spotted by Randy Sims, Dave |
1210 | Rolsky, & Glenn Linderman] |
1211 | |
1212 | - When building a 'traditional' Makefile.PL with |
1213 | Module::Build::Compat, we now use 'VERSION_FROM' when possible, |
1214 | rather than always using 'VERSION'. This way the Makefile.PL |
1215 | doesn't have to get modified every release. |
1216 | |
1217 | - Made some fixups to the 'PPM' info-file, improving compatibility |
1218 | with ActiveState's PPM tools. [Randy Sims, Glenn Linderman] |
1219 | |
1220 | - The 'dist_author' property can now accept multiple authors, see the |
1221 | docs for more info. [Randy Sims] |
1222 | |
1223 | - If the user doesn't have YAML.pm installed during ACTION_dist, we |
1224 | now create a minimal YAML.pm anyway, without any dependency |
1225 | information. |
1226 | |
1227 | - The 'distribution_type' field is no longer created in META.yml |
1228 | files, in accordance with the finding made at the London CLPAN |
1229 | meeting that it's essentially meaningless and ill-defined. |
1230 | |
1231 | - The 'dist' action now accepts an optional 'tar' parameter to use a |
1232 | system utility for building the tarball, and a 'gzip' parameter for |
1233 | compressing it. If these are used, Archive::Tar won't be invoked. |
1234 | This was added because Archive::Tar is producing some very |
1235 | non-cross-platform tarballs that many tar utilities can't handle. |
1236 | |
1237 | - During testing, if YAML.pm isn't installed, then we won't try |
1238 | making a tarball either, since this would invoke YAML to create the |
1239 | META.yml file. |
1240 | |
1241 | - Fixed a problem with chmod() being called incorrectly on MacOS |
1242 | (i.e. MacPerl, not Mac OS X). [Spotted by Paul Sanford Toney] |
1243 | |
1244 | - Fixed a problem with the --config flag not being treated properly |
1245 | (essentially ignored) on the command line for 'perl Build.PL' or |
1246 | 'Build <action>'. [Spotted by Jakub Bogusz] |
1247 | |
1248 | - Added a new config() method to get at the Build object's notion of |
1249 | the %Config hash. |
1250 | |
1251 | - Test::Harness is starting to contend for the Most Crotchety Module |
1252 | Award. Work around a few of its nits when setting harness |
1253 | switches. [Spotted by Diab Jerius] |
1254 | |
1255 | - Now the Build script will die() if we're run from the wrong |
1256 | directory, rather than trying to chdir() to what it thinks is the |
1257 | right directory and do its work there. See |
1258 | https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4039 . [Chris Dolan] |
1259 | |
1260 | - Changed the manpage separator on OS/2 to '.'. [Ilya Zakharevich] |
1261 | |
1262 | - On OS/2, disable C compilation, since apparently it isn't working |
1263 | there. [Reported by Ilya Zakharevich] |
1264 | |
1265 | - Inserted a comment into auto-generated Makefile.PLs saying it was |
1266 | auto-generated. [Randy Sims] |
1267 | |
1268 | - Fixed some annoying behavior in generated passthrough Makefile.PLs |
1269 | when the user chose not to install Module::Build, or if |
1270 | installation failed. [Reported by Ilya Zakharevich and Richard |
1271 | Clamp] |
1272 | |
1273 | - Moved the documentation for 'codebase' to the section where it's |
1274 | relevant. [Randy Sims, Glenn Linderman] |
1275 | |
1276 | - Fixed a have_c_compiler() failure on some platforms, we now define |
1277 | a boot_compilet() function (since we're compiling a library, not an |
1278 | executable). [Randy Sims] |
1279 | |
1280 | - Added a recipe to the Module::Build::Cookbook describing how to |
1281 | maintain compatibility with older versions of CPAN.pm [Jim Cromie] |
1282 | |
1283 | - Removed caveat about "looking for alternatives" in how hashes are |
1284 | specified on the command line, since an alternative has been found. |
1285 | |
1286 | - Previously most warnings about optional prerequisites looked like |
1287 | they were actually error messages about required prerequisites. |
1288 | This has been corrected. [Reported again by Sagar Shah] |
1289 | |
1290 | - Added support for building XS (and C in general) stuff on AIX. |
1291 | This was done by a small reorganization of prelink_c() method from |
1292 | Windows.pm to Build.pm, and it is only invoked for the platforms |
1293 | that need it invoked. AIX also massages some very naughty bits |
1294 | (MakeMaker macro variables) in $Config{lddlflags} that should never |
1295 | have been put there, but alas, they're there, so we find & resolve |
1296 | them. |
1297 | |
1298 | - Added OS/2 ($^O = 'os2') to the list of Unix-like platforms. This |
1299 | basically means that most platform-specific operations will be done |
1300 | in a Unix-like manner. |
1301 | |
1302 | - Pass-through Makefiles will now die() when they're given a PREFIX |
1303 | parameter, and suggest using 'destdir' or 'install_base' instead. |
1304 | Previously they just ignored the parameter and tried to install to |
1305 | the default location, which is clearly not what the user wanted. |
1306 | |
1307 | - Updated my email address in the documentation to a more recent |
1308 | variant. |
1309 | |
1310 | - Add NetBSD to the list of Unix-like systems. [Adrian Bunk] |
1311 | |
1312 | - Add SVR5 to the list of Unix-like systems. [Rafael Garcia-Suarez] |
1313 | |
1314 | - We now use Pod::Parser to find the ABSTRACT and AUTHOR when it's |
1315 | available on the system. [initial patch by Randy Sims] |
1316 | |
1317 | - Fixed a little scalar/list buglet in a documentation example. |
1318 | |
1319 | 0.21 Wed Oct 15 20:47:05 CDT 2003 |
1320 | |
1321 | - Added a have_c_compiler() method. |
1322 | |
1323 | - Added documentation for the requires(), recommends(), |
1324 | build_requires(), and conflicts() methods. |
1325 | |
1326 | - On Unix platforms, we now create the "Build" script with a #! line |
1327 | matching the perl interpreter that was used to invoke the Build.PL |
1328 | script, rather than whatever is in $Config{startperl}. This avoids |
1329 | a potential warning about the interpreters not matching. [Spotted |
1330 | by Ken Y. Clark] |
1331 | |
1332 | - The Unix version now uses the safer multi-argument form of system() |
1333 | when building distribution tarballs. |
1334 | |
1335 | - Added a regression test for the 'dist' action to the t/runthrough.t |
1336 | test. |
1337 | |
1338 | - Fixed a problem with File::Spec usage when creating the names of |
1339 | 'libdoc' manual pages - the code wasn't dealing with the volume or |
1340 | file portions correctly on certain platforms. |
1341 | |
1342 | - When creating the names of the 'libdoc' manual pages, we no longer |
1343 | assume that pods are under the hard-coded paths 'blib/lib' or |
1344 | 'blib/arch'. |
1345 | |
1346 | - Fixed a crashing bug that could sometimes occur when the |
1347 | distribution contained no 'lib' directory. [Chris Dolan] |
1348 | |
1349 | - Fixed a crashing bug that happened when the user had .PL files in |
1350 | the lib/ directory and didn't explicitly name them in a hash |
1351 | reference to the new() constructor. [Chris Reinhardt, bug #4036] |
1352 | |
1353 | - .PL files are now passed the names of their target file(s) on the |
1354 | command line when they run. |
1355 | |
1356 | - When YAML.pm wasn't installed, t/runthrough.t wasn't properly |
1357 | skipping some tests that required YAML. This is now fixed. |
1358 | [Stephen J. Smith] |
1359 | |
1360 | - Added documentation for the dist_version() and dist_name() |
1361 | methods. [Spotted by Johan Vromans] |
1362 | |
1363 | - Existing values in $ENV{HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES} are now respected |
1364 | and not squashed when we run the 'test' action. [Paul Johnson] |
1365 | |
1366 | - On cygwin, the separator string for manual page names has been set |
1367 | to '.'. Previously it was '::', inherited from Unix. [Yitzchak |
1368 | Scott-Thoennes] |
1369 | |
1370 | - Avoid a warning when Build.PL is run (i.e. when the new() method is |
1371 | called) and no MANIFEST file exists. [Michael Schwern and Kevin |
1372 | Ruscoe] |
1373 | |
1374 | - Added documentation for the 'code' and 'docs' actions. [Steve |
1375 | Purkis and Mark Stosberg] |
1376 | |
1377 | - The internal method compile_support_files() has been renamed to |
1378 | process_support_files() in order to make it consistent with other |
1379 | processing methods. Note that it was never documented using the |
1380 | old name. It's still not documented, actually. Maybe later. |
1381 | |
1382 | - Skip the 'write' pseudo-entry in the 'diff' action's installation |
1383 | map. [Chris Dolan] |
1384 | |
1385 | - Fixed a bug in which notes() set in the Build.PL before |
1386 | create_build_script() was called would get lost unless more notes() |
1387 | were also set afterwards. [Spotted by Dave Rolsky] |
1388 | |
1389 | - The process of building elements of the distribution is now driven |
1390 | by a list of build elements, paving the way for letting people add |
1391 | their own types of build elements in future versions of |
1392 | Module::Build (or in the current version with some difficulty). |
1393 | |
1394 | - Fixed some linking errors on Cygwin. [Randy Sims, Terrence Brannon] |
1395 | |
1396 | - Fixed a line-ending problem with detecting the dist_abstract |
1397 | properly on Cygwin. [Randy Sims] |
1398 | |
1399 | - Fixed a problem with signatures that occurred if 'distsign' was |
1400 | called before 'distdir' - the signature would be generated twice. |
1401 | |
1402 | - Added a 'create_readme' parameter to new(), which will use |
1403 | Pod::Text to generate a README from the main (dist_version_from) |
1404 | module file during the 'distdir' action. |
1405 | |
1406 | - We now refuse to run the 'Build' script if it was created using a |
1407 | different version of Module::Build. This has caused a couple of |
1408 | nasty bugs in the past, I don't want to know what it would cause in |
1409 | the future. |
1410 | |
1411 | - Documentation for do_system() has been added. [Dave Rolsky] |
1412 | |
1413 | - run_perl_script() is now available as a class method, though it |
1414 | will need to (re-)find the perl interpreter in this case. |
1415 | |
1416 | - Added a new_from_context() method that authors of automated tools |
1417 | like CPANPLUS and CPAN can use instead of running all tasks as |
1418 | sub-processes. We also use it in the regression tests for |
1419 | Module::Build itself. ** Note that this method is currently |
1420 | undocumented because its name may change in the future. ** |
1421 | |
1422 | - When signing distributions with Module::Signature, we now |
1423 | automatically add the SIGNATURE file to the MANIFEST, avoiding an |
1424 | unpleasant chicken/egg problem for the module author. |
1425 | [unpleasantness spotted by sungo] |
1426 | |
1427 | - In Module::Build::Compat, added support for the 'verbose' parameter |
1428 | to Makefile.PL [spotted by Soren Andersen, fixed by Michael |
1429 | Schwern] |
1430 | |
1431 | - The Module::Build distribution now has a cryptographic 'SIGNATURE' |
1432 | file created by Module::Signature. |
1433 | |
1434 | - Added proper documentation for the subclass() method. [spotted by |
1435 | Jonathan Steinert] |
1436 | |
1437 | - Worked around a Config.pm bug in Red Hat 9 which prevented man |
1438 | pages from being installed in the correct places. [spotted by Ville |
1439 | Skytta] |
1440 | |
1441 | - Fixed a Module::Build::Compat bug in which setting INSTALLDIRS |
1442 | caused a crash. [spotted by Ilya Martynov] |
1443 | |
1444 | 0.20 Tue Aug 26 14:34:07 CDT 2003 |
1445 | |
1446 | - Separated the 'build' action into two separate actions, 'code' and |
1447 | 'docs'. This is similar to MakeMaker's separation of the 'all' |
1448 | target into 'pure_all' and 'manifypods'. This fixes a permissions |
1449 | hassle in which doing 'sudo Build install' would often create local |
1450 | doc files that needed superuser permissions to delete. |
1451 | |
1452 | - Enhanced the 'help' action - 'Build help foo' will now show the POD |
1453 | documentation for the 'foo' action. |
1454 | |
1455 | - Added a notes() feature, which helps share data transparently |
1456 | between the Build.PL and t/*.t scripts. |
1457 | |
1458 | - The installation process will now create man(1) and man(3) pages |
1459 | from POD in modules & scripts, and install them. We don't build |
1460 | man pages when there's nowhere to install them, such as on some |
1461 | Win32 or most Mac systems. [large patch by Steve Purkis, 5.005 fix |
1462 | by Mathieu Arnold] |
1463 | |
1464 | - The 'distdir' action now copies files to the distribution |
1465 | directory, rather than making them hard links to the original |
1466 | files. This allows authors to do last-minute alterations of the |
1467 | files without affecting the originals. [Dave Rolsky] |
1468 | |
1469 | - If the author uses XS files in nonstandard locations, the copied |
1470 | versions of those files will now be cleaned up properly. |
1471 | |
1472 | - In invoking the 'test' action or invoking 'xsubpp', we now use the |
1473 | same perl executable as we use everywhere else, rather than blindly |
1474 | using $^X or $Config{perlpath} (neither of which are very |
1475 | reliable). |
1476 | |
1477 | - Fixed a problem with the 'install_path' parameter given to |
1478 | 'Build.PL' being lost in subsequent actions. [Reported by Mathieu |
1479 | Arnold] |
1480 | |
1481 | - Fixed yet another bug with installation directories, in which the |
1482 | 'install_base' parameter wasn't being respected on the command |
1483 | line. [Spotted by Jonathan Swartz] |
1484 | |
1485 | - Changed the way the depends_on() method works inside action |
1486 | subroutines - now each action will only run once per dispatch() |
1487 | invocation (similar to how perl's require() function works). This |
1488 | helps avoid some difficult problems with dependency loops. |
1489 | |
1490 | - Changed the documentation for the 'autosplit' parameter to give |
1491 | reasons why it may not be a good idea to use, but no longer |
1492 | threaten to remove it. [Suggested by Martyn J. Pearce] |
1493 | |
1494 | - Improved the formatting of the 'traditional' Makefile.PL generated |
1495 | by Module::Build::Compat->create_makefile_pl. [Michael Schwern] |
1496 | |
1497 | - The 'traditional' Makefile.PL will now use the 'module_name' |
1498 | parameter (as NAME) if it's available, otherwise it will continue |
1499 | to use the 'dist_name' (as DISTNAME). [Michael Schwern] |
1500 | |
1501 | - Created read/write accessor methods for all our 'properties'. |
1502 | [Michael Schwern] |
1503 | |
1504 | - The 'test_files' parameter can now be specified using glob() syntax |
1505 | (i.e. 't/*.t'), and the corresponding test_files() method is now a |
1506 | read/write accessor. |
1507 | |
1508 | - The location of the 'blib' directory is now a property of the Build |
1509 | object - nobody is likely to notice this change, with any luck, but |
1510 | it makes the design and code cleaner. |
1511 | |
1512 | - The 'disttest' and 'distsign' methods now chdir() back to the |
1513 | directory where they started, rather than to the base_dir of the |
1514 | build. |
1515 | |
1516 | - Improved comparisons of version strings containing underscore |
1517 | characters (indicating "beta" status). [Steve Purkis] |
1518 | |
1519 | - Added documentation for the 'dist_author', 'dist_abstract', and |
1520 | 'codebase' parameters to new(), and for the 'ppd' action. [Dave |
1521 | Rolsky] |
1522 | |
1523 | - Added documentation for the up_to_date() and contains_pod() |
1524 | methods. [Dave Rolsky] |
1525 | |
1526 | - 'traditional' pass-through Makefile.PLs will now contain an |
1527 | INSTALLDIRS parameter matching the Build.PL's 'installdirs' |
1528 | setting. |
1529 | |
1530 | - version_from_file() now ignores $VERSION variables that are defined |
1531 | in POD or comments. It can still be tricked by $VERSIONs in string |
1532 | literals, though. [Steve Purkis] |
1533 | |
1534 | - The code to find packages in module files now uses Steve's scanning |
1535 | method (above) to skip package-declaration-lookalikes in POD or |
1536 | comments. |
1537 | |
1538 | - The 'disttest' action will now propagate its @INC settings to its |
1539 | subprocesses. |
1540 | |
1541 | 0.19 Wed Jul 9 22:34:02 CDT 2003 |
1542 | |
1543 | - Added support for the 'install_path' parameter, which allows custom |
1544 | specification of where things should be installed. This is a major |
1545 | improvement to Module::Build's functionality. |
1546 | |
1547 | - Added the 'install_base' parameter. Provides an easy way to |
1548 | install to local or alternative directory trees. |
1549 | |
1550 | - We now install scripts by default to $Config{installsitebin} |
1551 | instead of $Config{installscript}. Neither is a great choice, but |
1552 | the former is likely to be [analogous to] /usr/local/bin, and the |
1553 | latter is likely to be [something like] /usr/bin . If/when there's |
1554 | a $Config{installsitescript}, we'll start using that automatically. |
1555 | |
1556 | - Fixed a problem on Win32 in which C and XS files wouldn't be |
1557 | compiled properly, and the user would see an error about 'Can't |
1558 | locate object method "format_compiler_cmd"'. |
1559 | (http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2391) |
1560 | |
1561 | - We now use the correct perl interpreter (via |
1562 | Module::Build->find_perl_interpreter) in pass-through makefiles. |
1563 | |
1564 | - The t/compat.t test now uses $Config{make} instead of just 'make' |
1565 | to test makefile compatibility. This fixes some failures on Win32. |
1566 | We also skip this test entirely if no make utility is available. |
1567 | |
1568 | - Alternative distribution layouts are now supported via the |
1569 | 'pm_files', 'pod_files', 'xs_files', 'PL_files', and 'script_files' |
1570 | parameters to new(). This should help people transition from |
1571 | MakeMaker, and might even help us write an automatic transition |
1572 | tool. |
1573 | |
1574 | - Added tests to t/runthrough.t that check to see installation is |
1575 | happening correctly. |
1576 | |
1577 | - Added experimental code to build a .ppd file, in support of |
1578 | ActiveState's "Perl Package Manager". [original patch by Dave |
1579 | Rolsky] |
1580 | |
1581 | - For authors who use Module::Signature to sign their distributions, |
1582 | we now create the SIGNATURE file right in the distribution |
1583 | directory, rather than creating it in the top-level directory and |
1584 | copying it into place. This solves problems related to having |
1585 | files get out of date with respect to their signatures. |
1586 | |
1587 | - We now don't depend on Module::Info to scan for packages during the |
1588 | 'dist' action anymore, because it's way too aggressive about |
1589 | loading other modules that you may not want loaded. We now just |
1590 | (ick, yuck) scan the .pm files with a regular expression to find |
1591 | "package Foo::Bar;" statements. |
1592 | |
1593 | - Silenced some annoying copyright/logo output from Microsoft 'nmake' |
1594 | during Makefile compatibility testing. [Randy W. Sims] |
1595 | |
1596 | - Command-line arguments may now either be specified using the syntax |
1597 | '--foo foovalue' as well as the traditional syntax 'foo=foovalue'. |
1598 | The former is often more convenient for shell tab-completion when |
1599 | the value is a filename (as in 'Build test --test_files t/basic.t'). |
1600 | |
1601 | - Command-line arguments may now include non-named parameters, which |
1602 | make some actions more natural. For instance, the 'diff' action |
1603 | may now be invoked as 'Build diff -u' rather than as |
1604 | 'Build diff flags=-u'. |
1605 | |
1606 | - Pass-through Makefile.PLs now convert unknown Makefile.PL |
1607 | parameters to lower-case and hand them to Build.PL, rather than |
1608 | ignoring them. This means we only have to account for the |
1609 | differences in the interface, not the entire interface, in |
1610 | translating parameters. |
1611 | |
1612 | - We now issue a warning & don't proceed if asked to make a distdir |
1613 | and there's no MANIFEST or it's empty. |
1614 | |
1615 | - Moved INSTALL to INSTALL.txt to increase compatibility with various |
1616 | odd versions of 'make' during 'make install' on case-insensitive |
1617 | filesystems (like nmake on Win32, often). Only affects the |
1618 | Makefile compatibility layer. [reported by Andrew Savige] |
1619 | |
1620 | - Module::Build->known_actions() now works as a class method. |
1621 | |
1622 | - Pass-through makefiles now list each action individually rather |
1623 | than using a ".DEFAULT" catch-all. This improves compatibility |
1624 | with 'nmake' on Win32, and probably some other less common 'make' |
1625 | dialects. [Andrew Savige] |
1626 | |
1627 | - We're now more aggressive about testing the pass-through makefiles, |
1628 | e.g. making sure they can run 'all' and 'test' targets, and making |
1629 | sure the Makefile itself actually exists. |
1630 | |
1631 | - Fixed a problem with check_installed_status() when installed |
1632 | version contains non-numeric characters like underscores. |
1633 | |
1634 | - Fixed a problem with a bareword 'File::Spec' in one of the test |
1635 | scripts that caused it not to compile under 5.8.0 (but is fine |
1636 | under 5.6). |
1637 | |
1638 | - Fixed a problem with the 'destdir' installation parameter on |
1639 | platforms that have volume identifiers in path names (like "C:" on |
1640 | Win32). The identifier is now stripped from installation |
1641 | directories before prepending the destdir path. The destdir path |
1642 | may still have a volume identifier on it. |
1643 | |
1644 | - Added an 'add_to_cleanup' parameter to new() that calls |
1645 | add_to_cleanup() immediately for the given files. |
1646 | |
1647 | - The distribution directory (e.g. Sample-Module-0.13/ ) will now be |
1648 | deleted during the 'clean' or 'realclean' actions. |
1649 | |
1650 | - During testing of modules, blib/lib and blib/arch are now added as |
1651 | absolute paths, not relative. This helps tests that load the |
1652 | modules at runtime and may change the current working directory |
1653 | (like Module::Build itself does during testing). |
1654 | |
1655 | - The $Config{cc} entry on some people's systems is something like |
1656 | 'ccache gcc', so we now split that string using split_like_shell(). |
1657 | [Richard Clamp] |
1658 | |
1659 | - Added documentation for 'extra_linker_flags' parameter, and added a |
1660 | corresponding 'extra_compiler_flags' parameter. [original patch by |
1661 | Richard Clamp] |