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Module::Build + Apache::Test is Nearly Here

Over the last couple of days, I whipped up a new class to be added to the Apache HTTP Test Project. The new class, Apache::TestMB, is actually a subclass of Module::Build, and finally provides support for using Apache::Test with Module::Build. You use it just like Module::Build; however, since a lot of modules choose to install themselves even if Apache isn’t installed (because they can be used both inside and outside of mod_perl, e.g., HTML::Mason), I’m suggesting that Build.PL files look like this:

use Module::Build;

my $build_pkg = eval { require Apache::TestMB }
  ? "Apache::TestMB" : "Module::Build";

my $build = $build_pkg->new(
  module_name => "My::Module",
)->create_build_script;

Pretty simple, huh? To judge by the discussion, it will soon be committed to the Apache::Test repository and released to CPAN. My MasonX::Interp::WithCallbacks module will debut with a new Apache::TestMB-powered Build.PL soon afterward.

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