Re: Perl module build+install process

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Tom Molesworth <tetra604@gmail.com> skribis:

> Since Perl uses an include path, much like the $PATH environment variable
> for finding executables, this seems to imply that you'd need every module
> added to the Perl include path (via $PERL5LIB). This would quickly become
> unwieldy as more modules are installed.

Normally, ‘guix package --install’ and ‘guix package --search-paths’
would suggest adding ~/.guix-profile/lib/perl/... to $PERL5LIB, which
should solve the problem, no?

> A second issue is that, according to perl-build-system.scm, there does not
> appear to be any support for CPAN distributions which use the Module::Build
> toolchain:

Indeed, thanks for the pointers and explanations.

Currently, all the Perl packages provided in Guix use MakeMaker
apparently, so I guess we’ll implement the Module::Build method as soon
as we stumble upon a package that needs it.  :-)

Thanks!

Ludo’.