Module Building and h2xs

mitd has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am back building modules. In the past I have always hand built file/package structure, Makefile.pl etc because I have always had trouble getting h2xs -X -n Foo::Bar to do what I want.

So here's what it(h2xs) does:

h2xs -X -n Foo::Bar
produces;
Foo/Bar/Bar.pm with Bar's package name as 'package Foo::Bar'
now if you 
use Foo::Bar;
it of course is not found, you need
use Foo::Bar::Bar;
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What I want is:

Foo/Bar.pm
[download]

Am I missing something or does h2xs just work as it appears and I still need to move stuff around by hand to get what I want.

Thanks.

mitd-Made in the Dark
'My favourite colour appears to be grey.'

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Re: Module Building and h2xs by mitd (Curate) on Nov 02, 2000 at 02:53 UTC
Oh Bollocks!! I just figured it out. Project deadlines and new babies are causing grey matter rot. On the off chance that I am not alone in my stupidy, here is the answer. `h2xs -X -n Foo::Bar Foo/Bar/Bar.pm perl Makefile.pl make (make install) puts everything in its right place Foo/Bar.pm` [download] Makefile.pl knows all does all! sheesh! mitd-Made in the Dark 'My favourite colour appears to be grey.'	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Module Building and h2xs by dchetlin (Friar) on Nov 02, 2000 at 02:30 UTC
I usually do `h2xs -X -n Foo-Bar` and then rename `Foo-Bar.pm' to Bar.pm and put it in the right spot. That way when you make a tarball out of the directory, it's not named `Foo.tgz', which only gives you the toplevel name (a real no-no if you're writing, say, HTML::Quux). -dlc	[reply] [d/l]

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