Commented out Devel::Checklib since this is most likely for CPAN anyway

There were portability issues on FreeBSD when Devel::Checklib was in use, but
this can be added back in for a CPAN version of the perl FKO module.

diff --git a/perl/FKO/Makefile.PL b/perl/FKO/Makefile.PL
index b71ac53..71ad692 100644 (file)
--- a/perl/FKO/Makefile.PL
+++ b/perl/FKO/Makefile.PL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use lib 'inc';
-use Devel::CheckLib;
+#use Devel::CheckLib;  ### maybe use for CPAN distribution?
 use 5.008008;
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ my @libdirs = qw(
     ../../lib/.libs
 );
 
-check_lib_or_exit(
-    lib     => [qw( fko )],
-    libpath => \@libdirs
-);
+### uncomment for CPAN distribution?
+#check_lib_or_exit(
+#    lib     => [qw( fko )],
+#    libpath => \@libdirs
+#);
 
 WriteMakefile(
     NAME              => 'FKO',

diff --git a/perl/FKO/README b/perl/FKO/README
index 29b34cb..100e2a2 100644 (file)
--- a/perl/FKO/README
+++ b/perl/FKO/README
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ This module requires these other modules and libraries:
 
 The Firewall Knock Operator library, "libfko".
 
+For a CPAN version of this module it may be advantageous to uncomment the
+Devel::Checklib lines in Makefile.PL, but this seems to introduce portability
+issues on FreeBSD.
+
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 Copyright (C) 2009 by Damien S. Stuart <dstuart@dstuart.org>