Changes for version 0.2805_01 - 2006-09-07

  • Because of a weird behavior of YAML::Node, any distribution that used version.pm objects to define their versions was generating the wrong syntax for the versions in their META.yml file. They will now appear as strings like v3.42.1 or similar, including the leading v.
  • Upgraded to version 0.67 of version.pm. [John Peacock]
  • Added a contrib/ directory with a bash completion function for M::B actions and switches. [Julian Mehnle]
  • When we eval() the embedded version.pm code we will now die() if the eval() was unsuccessful, rather than continuing blindly on and dying mysteriously later.
  • Added a 'retest' action that lets users run the current regression tests on a previously-installed version of a distribution.
  • Instead of storing an entire dump of the Config.pm hash in the _build/ directory upon startup, we now just store any overrides the user or author has specified. Note that if you were doing anything you weren't supposed to be doing, like poking around in the internals of $buld->{config}, your code might break, so I've put the asterisk of incompatibility on this one just to cover my tuchus. [Idea originally by Randy Sims]
  • Made copying files via copy_if_modified() a little less chatty.

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