inc::Mo...Install(3)

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version 1.21 · 13 versions
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💖 NAME 💖

inc::Module::Install — the Module::Install configuration system. This is the inc::Mo...Install(3) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, bestie 💅.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use inc::Module::Install;

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so first things first: this module checks whether the inc/.author directory exists, and if it does, it removes the whole inc/ directory. Poof. Gone. That way the module author always gets a fresh inc every single time they run Makefile.PL — no stale leftovers, no cap ✨.

Next it unshifts the string "inc" into @INC, then loads Module::Install from there. Cute, efficient, slay.

Below is an explanation of the reason for using a loader module, bestie:

The original implementation of CPAN::MakeMaker introduces subtle problems for distributions ending with CPAN (e.g. CPAN.pm, WAIT::Format::CPAN), because its placement in ./CPAN/ duplicates the real libraries that will get installed; also, the directory name ./CPAN/ may confuse users. Yeah, not the vibe 😭.

On the other hand, putting included, for-build-time-only libraries in ./inc/ is a normal practice, and there is little chance that a CPAN distribution will be called Something::inc, so it's much safer to use. Lowkey iconic.

Also, it allows for other helper modules like Module::AutoInstall to reside also in inc/, and to make use of them. Love that for us 🫶.

🌸 AUTHORS 🌸

Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org> — yes, that's the author, periodt.

Copyright 2003, 2004 Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>.

mwah 💋 this page came from perl v5.42.0 and is dated 2023-04-29 — stay iconic, bestie! 🦋✨

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