Re: Building .deb files for perl modules...

[Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Raphael" == Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> writes:
    Raphael> There's the perl policy in perl-5.005-doc package or here
    Raphael> : http://pandora.debian.org/~hertzog/perl-policy.html/

I finally bothered reading this document. :)

A couple of nits:

  $(PERL) -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{installarchlib}'

is much more easily said as

  $(PERL) -V:installarchlib

and 

   config  =INSTALLDIRS=perl INSTALLMAN1DIR=$(TMP)/usr/share/man/man1 \
        INSTALLMAN3DIR=$(TMP)/usr/share/man/man3 \
        INSTALLPRIVLIB=$(TMP)/usr/lib/perl5 \
        INSTALLARCHLIB=$(TMP)$(archlib)
  $(PERL) Makefile.PL $(config)
  $(MAKE) pure_install

would be better as

  $(PERL) Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=perl
  $(MAKE) pure_install PREFIX=$(TMP)/usr \
        INSTALLMAN1DIR=$(TMP)/usr/share/man/man1 \
        INSTALLMAN3DIR=$(TMP)/usr/share/man/man3

or

  $(PERL) Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=perl
  $(MAKE) pure_install PREFIX=$(TMP)/usr \
        INSTALLPRIVLIB=$(TMP)/usr/lib/perl5
        INSTALLMAN1DIR=$(TMP)/usr/share/man/man1 \
        INSTALLMAN3DIR=$(TMP)/usr/share/man/man3

for pure perl modules.  Playing games with INSTALL* variables in the
'perl Makefile.PL' can be hazardous to your modules heath.

-- 
Stephen

"A duck!"