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Re: Bug#496157: debhelper: dh, Makefile.PL and Build.PL glitch



On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:04:51 +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

> Back in the days when dh7 didn't exist yet, debian/rules of the perl 
> module packages of pkg-perl were such that Build.PL was always 
> preferred over Makefile.PL. dh-make-perl also follows that.

Right, and every now and then I wonder why :)

Does anybody know what was the reason for this decision (for
dh-make-perl)? Should we change it?
 
> So to me it preferring Build.PL over Makefile.PL seems like the right 
> thing to do and would conform to the existing practice.

Joey has explained in the bug report why has chosen a different
solution.

Cheers,
gregor
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