RE: getting dh-make-perl working

[Allard Hoeve <allard@byte.nl>]

> > After struggling on and off for several days with ExtUtils::MakeMaker, I
> > stumbled across Module::Build. Is the consensus that this is the way to
> > go, instead of MakeMaker?
>
> I don't know about the consensus, but I'm using it for all my Perl/CPAN
> packages.

Yeah, I use it all the time 'dh-make-perl --cpan=My::Module' works like a
charm!

> > More importantly, I am confused on some very fundamental ideas of
> > packaging. (This is my first experience trying to make .deb's.)
>
> dh-make-perl doesn't work properly with Module::Build just yet.  My advice
> is to forget dh-make-perl and design your own Debian package control
> files.  You can use those of one of my Module::Build-based packages as
> template:
>
>   http://search.cpan.org/src/JMEHNLE/Apache-Auth-UserDB-0.11/debian/

I'm having no trouble with Module::Build. Please see:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=285941
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=300121

These bugs were tagged pending on March 20 2005. Can you comment on that
Marc? Gunnar?

So Module::Build should be no problem :)

Regards,

Allard