Re: Class::Methodmaker build failure and installed size

Greetings Peter,

On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 02:21:47AM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> 2.04 doesn't build for me, 2.02 did previously.  I'm not sure you should
> use the INSTALL* settings for finding include paths for building  (build
> log below).  Also, I guess those uses of uninitialized variables
> shouldn't be :)

:-) The INSTALL settings are related to Module::Build.  I moved to
Module::Build because I couldn't bend ExtUtils::MakeMaker to my will.  I
imagine that the build failure is related.  Were you using make; make install
or ./Build; ./Build install?  Which perl are you building with.

I have a new version that uses ExtUtils::MakeMaker if you use make.
Can I send it to you to test whether it works for you before I upload it? 

> Can you fix that upstream or should I just add some hacks to debian's
> diff to make it build? (I haven't found the time to try yet)

I would definately like to keep the fix upstream if we can.  I imagine you
would too!

> A user complained about the size of Methodmaker 2.02 on disk.  Apparently
> an installed Class::Methodmake requires some 20 megs of diskspace - at
> least that's what the package uses that I build.  It seems there are a
> lot of almost identical files in /usr/share/perl5/auto/Class/MethodMaker/*
> that were created by AutoSplit.  It compresses surprisingly well to some
> 360k alltogether but still needs a lot on disk.  Is there any chance
> this could be fixed, or is it my fault?

It's not your fault, and it's difficult to fix.  Essentially, it's templated
code; the source is the template, hence the small size, and it's expanded on
install.  It is undesirable I grant, but it's too keep compilation time down,
and it's difficult to do on demand because the client is typically running as
different user to the installer.

Mx.



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