inc::Module::Install(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation inc::Module::Install(3)
NAME
inc::Module::Install - Module::Install configuration system
SYNOPSIS
use inc::Module::Install;
DESCRIPTION
This module first checks whether the inc/.author directory exists, and removes the whole inc/ directory if it does, so the module author
always get a fresh inc every time they run Makefile.PL. Next, it unshifts "inc" into @INC, then loads Module::Install from there.
Below is an explanation of the reason for using a loader module:
The original implementation of CPAN::MakeMaker introduces subtle problems for distributions ending with "CPAN" (e.g. CPAN.pm,
WAIT::Format::CPAN), because its placement in ./CPAN/ duplicates the real libraries that will get installed; also, the directory name
./CPAN/ may confuse users.
On the other hand, putting included, for-build-time-only libraries in ./inc/ is a normal practice, and there is little chance that a CPAN
distribution will be called "Something::inc", so it's much safer to use.
Also, it allows for other helper modules like Module::AutoInstall to reside also in inc/, and to make use of them.
AUTHORS
Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2003, 2004 Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
perl v5.16.3 2012-03-01 inc::Module::Install(3)
