Re: ExtUtils::MakeMaker help - PL_FILES

Michael G Schwern <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:09:35 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.extutils-makemaker.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Alberto Simões wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using PL_FILES => { foo/bar.PL => foo/bar }, and foo/bar.PL uses a
> lateral file (say, ugh.txt) on the distro to build the script foo/bar.
> 
> How can I force the dependency, so make knows it should rebuild foo/bar
> when I change ugh.txt?
> 
> At the moment I need to make clean, perl Mkefile.PL, make...

You should be able to add the dep in a postamble.

sub MY::postamble {
     return qq[

foo/bar.PL :: ugh.txt
	$(NOOP)
];
}


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