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Re: [PATCH 3/3] The Makefile.PL will now find .pm files itself.

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 25, 2012, 21:56 UTC
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Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On 2012.7.25 2:11 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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>> Who are these comments in perl/Makefile.PL addressed to?
>
> Somebody adding, renaming or deleting a .pm file.
>
>> Why would such a person be looking at perl/Makefile.PL?
>
> Because sometimes they do wacky things
Not convincing at all. ;-)

But my made-up justification about people making other changes to perl/Makefile.PL convinced me, so keeping the comments seems fine to me now.

[...]
>                             For my purposes, I just preserved the comment.

That's what I feared and how cruft collects. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

Thanks, Jonathan

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Message 8 of 16 in “Teach Makefile.PL to find .pm files on its own”
  1. Michael G. SchwernJul 25, 2012
  2. 1/3 Quiet warning if Makefile.PL is run with -w and no --localedirMichael G. Schwern, Jul 25, 2012
  3. 2/3 Don't lose Error.pm if $@ gets clobbered.Michael G. Schwern, Jul 25, 2012
  4. 3/3 The Makefile.PL will now find .pm files itself.Michael G. Schwern, Jul 25, 2012
  5. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2012
  6. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2012
  7. Michael G SchwernJul 25, 2012
  8. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2012
  10. Michael G SchwernJul 25, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2012
  12. Michael G SchwernJul 25, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2012
  14. Michael G SchwernJul 25, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2012
  16. Eric WongJul 25, 2012

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