Re: How to install some script files to sbin?

# from [email protected]
# on Thursday 22 October 2009 10:17:

>     sbin_files => { 'myapp_admin' => 'sbin/myapp_admin' },
>but it (M::B 0.35) just doesn't install myapp_admin, it doesn't
> mention it, just skips.

No, there isn't an sbin_files property defined, so that parameter is 
ignored.

>So what am I missing here to make it respect sbin?

The trick here is that there's no cross-platform notion of 'sbin', and 
nobody seems keen to invent one either.  I'm thinking that we've seen 
this before and there are probably a few ad-hoc add_build_element() 
overrides on the CPAN that are doing something for sbin, but nothing 
has ever been formalized for Module::Build to support it (and I don't 
see anything in RT about it either.)

Offhand, you're talking about adding process_sbin_files, having 
something in install_sets, and adding 'sbin' to build_elements.  Maybe 
a simple matter of treating it as a 'script' element on any non-unix 
system.  Want to write a patch for that?

--Eric
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