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