Changes for version 0.31_04 - 2009-02-20

  • Other
  • Bumped Test::Harness prereq to 3.16 for latest PERL5LIB fixes (solves test failures when installing Module::Build using CPANPLUS::Dist::Build)
    • David Golden

Changes for version 0.31_03 - 2009-02-08

  • Enhancements
  • added a "prereq_data" action that prints a Perl data structure of all prerequisites; can be loaded by external tools using eval()
    • David Golden
  • Bug-fixes
  • 'fakeinstall' action warns and skips without ExtUtils::Install 1.32+
    • David Golden, reported by Zefram
  • allows Module::Build version mismatch when installing self; works around limitations in CPANPLUS::Dist::Build [David Golden]

Changes for version 0.31_02 - 2009-01-27

  • Other
  • tests now use File::Temp (added to build_requires); appears to fix Win32 testing heisenbug on directory removal during high system loads
  • use_tap_harness.t will skip unless a release version of TAP::Harness is installed
  • improved diagnostics to ensure_blib() tests in t/lib/MBTest.pm
  • Compat
  • passthrough Makefile.PL will now play nice with cpantesters' on exit(0) (RT#32018) [Eric Wilhelm]
  • Bug Fixes
  • fix for doubling-up of --prefix (RT#19951)

Documentation

API Reference for Module Authors
Authoring Module::Build modules
Query or change configuration of Perl modules

Modules

Build and install Perl modules
Default methods for Module::Build
Compatibility with ExtUtils::MakeMaker
Examples of Module::Build Usage
Gather package and POD information from a perl module files
Perl Package Manager file creation
Builder class for Amiga platforms
Stub class for unknown platforms
Builder class for EBCDIC platforms
Builder class for MPEiX platforms
Builder class for MacOS platforms
Builder class for RiscOS platforms
Builder class for Unix platforms
Builder class for VMS platforms
Builder class for VOS platforms
Builder class for Windows platforms
Builder class for AIX platform
Builder class for Cygwin platform
Builder class for Mac OS X platform
Builder class for OS/2 platform
Provides just enough YAML support so that Module::Build works even if YAML.pm is not installed

Provides

in lib/Module/Build/Config.pm
in lib/Module/Build/Dumper.pm
in lib/Module/Build/Notes.pm
in lib/Module/Build/PodParser.pm
in lib/Module/Build/Base.pm
in lib/Module/Build/Version.pm