Re: ExtUtils::MakeMaker, PREFIX and man3

Thanks Martin, please see below...

On 12/14/2011 04:13 AM, Martin Becker wrote:
> Phil,
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 03:50:21PM -0500, Philip Kasten wrote:
>> I'm probably just doing something really dumb -- but I cannot figure out
>> what.
>>
>> I am using the cpan tool to install modules on a FreeBSD system that I do
>> not have root permission on.  I have a PREFIX variable set to install
>> everything in my local path.  Everything works fine (I have been doing this
>> for many modules, successfully) unless man3 pages need to be published.
>>
>> Although man1 man pages are correctly installed relative to the PREFIX
>> path, man3 man pages seem to ignore PREFIX.  In fact, even if I try using
>> INSTALLMAN3DIR, and whether or not I specify INSTALLDIRS=perl, nothing
>> seems to cause man3 man pages to be re-routed.  Instead, they try to be
>> installed in the root distribution and the install fails:
>>
>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>> ERROR: Can't create '/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/**man/man3'
>>> Do not have write permissions on '/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/**man/man3'
>>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**
>>> !!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>   at /homes/pkasten/perl/lib/perl5/**site_perl/5.8.8/Module/Build/**Base.pm
>>> line 3569
> This error message looks like coming from Module::Build,
> not ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
>
Thanks -- I will send my question to the Module::Build folks.
> Since you are using the cpan tool, you might want to review
> your CPAN settings.  Try the ``o conf'' command from your CPAN
> shell and check for path names there.
>
Right.  Everything really does look right to me (I am pretty familiar 
with using cpan's configuration to manage installations.)  In order to 
have modules installed in my own area, I have the following in 
~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm (all other lines were omitted for this email):

   'makepl_arg' => q[PREFIX=~/perl],

Everything (installation of .pm files and man1 files) works properly 
except for man3 pages.

> Module::Build has quite a number of options controlling where
> to install things.  In your situation, probably --prefix would
> work with least surprising results; it was designed aiming for
> compatibility with EUMM's PREFIX argument.
>
> To arrange for cpan calling ./Build with a --prefix argument,
> you could enter ``o conf mbuildpl_arg --prefix ~/perl'' in your
> CPAN shell.  The EUMM equivalent would be ``o conf makepl_arg
> PREFIX=~/perl''.
Right -- this is what I have.  Well, sortof.  the makepl_arg is supposed 
to get propagated to the build and install phases.
>> In other words, with the PREFIX variable set (to ~/perl), man1 man pages
>> are correctly placed in ~/perl/man/man1, but man3 man pages seem to want to
>> go to /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/**man/man3.  And, this does not change
>> even if I also specify INSTALLMAN3DIR=~/perl/man/**man3, with or without
>> INSTALLDIRS=perl.
>>
>> perl is 5.8.8 and ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.62 is installed on my system.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong? More importantly, how do I resolve this?
> Note that we are discussing arguments, not variables here.
> Neither EUMM nor MB should care for a PREFIX environment
> variable, as far as I know.
>
Right.  The PREFIX variable I was referring to was for the makepl_arg.
> Good luck,
> -Martin
Thanks -- I will see if the Module::Build folks have any insight.

Regards,
Phil