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+#
+# This is for perl modules that use the old Makefile.PL build system
+#
+inherit cpan-base perlnative
+
+EXTRA_CPANFLAGS ?= ""
+EXTRA_PERLFLAGS ?= ""
+
+# Env var which tells perl if it should use host (no) or target (yes) settings
+export PERLCONFIGTARGET = "${@is_target(d)}"
+
+# Env var which tells perl where the perl include files are
+export PERL_INC = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}${PERL_OWN_DIR}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}/CORE"
+export PERL_LIB = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}${PERL_OWN_DIR}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}"
+export PERL_ARCHLIB = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}${PERL_OWN_DIR}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}"
+export PERLHOSTLIB = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/perl-native/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}/"
+
+cpan_do_configure () {
+	export PERL5LIB="${PERL_ARCHLIB}"
+	yes '' | perl ${EXTRA_PERLFLAGS} Makefile.PL ${EXTRA_CPANFLAGS}
+
+	# Makefile.PLs can exit with success without generating a
+	# Makefile, e.g. in cases of missing configure time
+	# dependencies. This is considered a best practice by
+	# cpantesters.org. See:
+	#  * http://wiki.cpantesters.org/wiki/CPANAuthorNotes
+	#  * http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.qa/2008/08/msg11236.html
+	[ -e Makefile ] || bbfatal "No Makefile was generated by Makefile.PL"
+
+	if [ "${BUILD_SYS}" != "${HOST_SYS}" ]; then
+		. ${STAGING_LIBDIR}${PERL_OWN_DIR}/perl/config.sh
+		# Use find since there can be a Makefile generated for each Makefile.PL
+		for f in `find -name Makefile.PL`; do
+			f2=`echo $f | sed -e 's/.PL//'`
+			test -f $f2 || continue
+			sed -i -e "s:\(PERL_ARCHLIB = \).*:\1${PERL_ARCHLIB}:" \
+				-e 's/perl.real/perl/' \
+				-e "s|^\(CCFLAGS =.*\)|\1 ${CFLAGS}|" \
+				$f2
+		done
+	fi
+}
+
+cpan_do_compile () {
+	oe_runmake PASTHRU_INC="${CFLAGS}" LD="${CCLD}"
+}
+
+cpan_do_install () {
+	oe_runmake DESTDIR="${D}" install_vendor
+	for PERLSCRIPT in `grep -rIEl '#! *${bindir}/perl-native.*/perl' ${D}`; do
+		sed -i -e 's|${bindir}/perl-native.*/perl|/usr/bin/env nativeperl|' $PERLSCRIPT
+	done
+}
+
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile do_install