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Subject: RE: Perl ExtUtils::MakeMaker 'make install' not generating manual  page for script
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 09:26:58 -0700
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Reini Urban wrote:
> Just a hint: Please do *NOT* use lowercase package names for non-
> pragmas.  See http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html#namespace
> "newest" is certainly a very very bad name, if it does not relate to
> something like "use blead;"

Thank you for your help.  :-)


Yes; bad laziness.  How about Dpchrist::File::Newest?

    http://www.holgerdanske.com/node/460


> ExtUtils::MakeMaker doesn't include all :: manifypods on cygwin,
> because this is a unix extension only. See MM_Unix.pm
> Please complain at ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
> A patch would be trivial. Schwern just needs a kick.
> For you: just do
>   $ make manifypods


2009-05-01 08:51:42 Administrator AT p43400e ~/Dpchrist-File-Newest
$ make manifypods
Manifying blib/man1/newest.1
Manifying blib/man3/Dpchrist.File.Newest.3pm

2009-05-01 09:02:51 Administrator AT p43400e ~/Dpchrist-File-Newest
$ makewhatis

2009-05-01 09:04:39 Administrator AT p43400e ~/Dpchrist-File-Newest
$ man newest
No manual entry for newest


D'oh!  Make created the man pages in the build tree, but didn't install
them.  What is the best way to do that?  cp?


TIA,

David


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