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Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 9219 Volume: 10
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 11:05:04 -0700 (PDT)
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Perl-Users Digest Fri, 5 May 2006 Volume: 10 Number: 9219
Today's topics:
Re: Q for ExtUtils::MakeMaker experts <jgibson@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
Re: Q for ExtUtils::MakeMaker experts <socyl@987jk.com.invalid>
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Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 08:53:35 -0700
From: Jim Gibson <jgibson@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Q for ExtUtils::MakeMaker experts
Message-Id: <050520060853356061%jgibson@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
In article <e3due8$7pi$1@reader1.panix.com>, kj
<socyl@987jk.com.invalid> wrote:
> I have a large distribution that contains one small XS (it is
> essential for performance, but conceptually rather secondary).
>
> This causes ExtUtils::MakeMaker (or rather ExtUtils::Install) to
> install the *whole* distribution under arch, even though 99% of
> the installation is 100% architecture-independent!
>
> Granted, there's nothing inherently wrong about this, other that
> it is confusing to the casual observer (who is not even aware of
> this small XS). And it seems perverse. And it annoys me.
>
> Is there a good way to cajole EU::MM/EU::I into installing only
> the architecture-dependent stuff under the arch directory?
One approach might be to isolate the XS functionality in a small module
of its own with its own build and distribution. This module could then
become a prerequisite for the rest of your distribution, which would
then be 100% architecture-independent.
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 17:38:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: kj <socyl@987jk.com.invalid>
Subject: Re: Q for ExtUtils::MakeMaker experts
Message-Id: <e3g2j2$141$1@reader1.panix.com>
In <050520060853356061%jgibson@mail.arc.nasa.gov> Jim Gibson <jgibson@mail.arc.nasa.gov> writes:
>In article <e3due8$7pi$1@reader1.panix.com>, kj
><socyl@987jk.com.invalid> wrote:
>> I have a large distribution that contains one small XS (it is
>> essential for performance, but conceptually rather secondary).
>>
>> This causes ExtUtils::MakeMaker (or rather ExtUtils::Install) to
>> install the *whole* distribution under arch, even though 99% of
>> the installation is 100% architecture-independent!
>>
>> Granted, there's nothing inherently wrong about this, other that
>> it is confusing to the casual observer (who is not even aware of
>> this small XS). And it seems perverse. And it annoys me.
>>
>> Is there a good way to cajole EU::MM/EU::I into installing only
>> the architecture-dependent stuff under the arch directory?
>One approach might be to isolate the XS functionality in a small module
>of its own with its own build and distribution. This module could then
>become a prerequisite for the rest of your distribution, which would
>then be 100% architecture-independent.
Yep, I think this is what I'll end up doing.
Thanks,
kj
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