Re: [MacPerl] Re: MacPerl and makefiles

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 21:21:28 -0800, Brian McNett wrote:
>
>>Ak...
>>
>>I tremble to ask but here I go again!
>>
>>I am writing Perl code on my Mac and do most of my preliminary testing
>>there. I downloaded a module from CPAN and it has this makefile.pl which
>>crashes MacPerl. Someone tells me that MacPerl doesn't have that
>>capability... S'okay.... so how do I use the wonderful module?
>>
>>Now let's make it more difficult. My target system is Unix... it's a CGI
>>script for my web site. What do I do with that module to make it work in
>>both places. If it makes any difference, I am with a web host and have
>>no control of the server environment etc.
>>
>>Thank you in advance for any help.
>>
>>Dejah
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>I'm cross-posting this to the MacPerl list. I seem to recall that
makefiles
>aren't necessary with MacPerl (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Just
place
>the module in the proper directory (figuring that out isn't really that
>difficult, but it vaires depending on what the module is).

"Aren't necessary" isn't really accurate. "Without MPW, can't be used" is
much closer to the real situation. It's true that for the typical pure
Perl module all you need do is drag it into the proper place. The CGI
module is like this. However, some pure Perl modules need to be autosplit,
something that is done automagically on Unix. And then there are modules
which use compiled languages like C, which means "forget it" for the
average MacPerl user. All of this is covered in MP:P&E.

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