[Nottingham-pm] [Fwd: Compiling Software In A Perl Script]
Robert Postill
robert at grinning-cat.com
Sun Mar 12 14:36:39 PST 2006
Hi,
I'm developing an installer for a PHP-based app at work after getting
sick and tired of building the thing by hand. What I want is to collate
the output from the compilation of Apache, PHP and MySQL into a single
point, check that it's all OK and then save the output for later support
perusal. All of these apps are standard configure && make && make
install jobs. I need to make sure they have the right flags set (e.g.
mbstring and LDAP support) and I also need to make sure they all land in
one place (so uninstallation is a matter of rm -rf <install_dir>). Now
in classic Perl noob mode I'm thinking of using the system(command) to
get my operations run. Then redirecting the output to a file so I can
check the actions succeeded. So my questions are:
1. This is portable to AIX and the more niche unices right?
2. Is there a more efficient way of collecting the output rather than
directing the stderr and stdout to a file?
3. Does this sound like high order lunacy to anyone for some reason?
Robert.
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