Make pod generation more palatable to the existing toolchain

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / maint / Makefile.PL.inc / 52_autogen_README.pl

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+# When a long-standing branch is updated a README may still inger around
+unlink 'README' if -f 'README';
+
+# Makefile syntax allows adding extra dep-specs for already-existing targets,
+# and simply appends them on *LAST*-come *FIRST*-serve basis.
+# This allows us to inject extra depenencies for standard EUMM targets
+
+postamble <<"EOP";
+
+clonedir_generate_files : dbic_clonedir_gen_readme
+
+clonedir_cleanup_generated_files : dbic_clonedir_cleanup_readme
+
+dbic_clonedir_gen_readme :
+\tpod2text lib/DBIx/Class.pm > README
+
+dbic_clonedir_cleanup_readme :
+\t\$(RM_F) README
+
+realclean :: dbic_clonedir_cleanup_readme
+
+EOP
+
+# keep the Makefile.PL eval happy
+1;