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| author | Kay Röpke <kroepke@dolphin-services.de> | 2001-10-19 16:04:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-10-19 13:19:14 +0000 |
| commit | b2340c5389c063ab29f77699c0b379e3bea4fa31 (patch) | |
| tree | ba764211e38a5c33c3d18024082647e410784156 /lib/ExtUtils | |
| parent | 71d929cb3e130a6486f59d4312ce76d7d6eea647 (diff) | |
| download | perl-b2340c5389c063ab29f77699c0b379e3bea4fa31.tar.gz | |
[DOC PATCH lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm] Discouraging use of PREREQ_FATAL in day-to-day Makefile.PL's
Message-Id: <E15uYNb-00040L-00@mrvdom01.schlund.de>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@12501
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ExtUtils')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm | 20 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm index 0f46a4fcf8..ef8bfab2dc 100644 --- a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm +++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm @@ -1781,12 +1781,6 @@ branch from that node into lib/, lib/ARCHNAME or whatever Configure decided at the build time of your perl (unless you override one of them, of course). -=item PREREQ_FATAL - -Bool. If this parameter is true, failing to have the prequired modules -(or the right versions thereof) will be fatal. perl Makefile.PL will die -with the proper message. - =item PREREQ_PM Hashref: Names of modules that need to be available to run this @@ -1794,6 +1788,20 @@ extension (e.g. Fcntl for SDBM_File) are the keys of the hash and the desired version is the value. If the required version number is 0, we only check if any version is installed already. +=item PREREQ_FATAL + +Bool. If this parameter is true, failing to have the required modules +(or the right versions thereof) will be fatal. perl Makefile.PL will die +with the proper message. + +Note: see L<Test::Harness> for a shortcut for stopping tests early if +you are missing dependencies. + +Do I<not> use this parameter for simple requirements, which could be resolved +at a later time, e.g. after an unsuccessful B<make test> of your module. + +It is I<extremely> rare to have to use C<PREREQ_FATAL> at all! + =item SKIP Arrayref. E.g. [qw(name1 name2)] skip (do not write) sections of the |