On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 11:28:28AM -0400, schwern@[...].com wrote:
>  Well, I think I've figured it out.  I went through ExtUtils::MM_Unix
>  and tore out all the seemingly unnecessary -I$(PERL_LIB)
>  -I$(PERL_ARCH) and tried to build the core.  Dynaloader exploded.
>  
>  What it appears they're for is building core extensions.  Since perl
>  isn't installed yet, its @INC is all wrong.  -I$(PERL_LIB) adds in
>  things like ../../lib so it can see its own libraries before
>  installation when building things like ext/Dynaloader/.
>  
>  This really shouldn't be leaking out of the core.  I'm trying to
>  rewire it so MakeMaker only adds the extra -I's when building the core
>  and leaves them out otherwise.  Anyone think of a good way to detect
>  when we're building a core module?  Would it be too much to require an
>  IS_CORE flag in the Makefile.PL's?

Sounds like a plan.  Use PERL_CORE just to agree with the cc -D flag.

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