[BristolBathPM] Is there a POSREQ_PM and not just PREREQ_PM?

[MJ Ray]

Lyle <webmaster at cosmicperl.com> wrote:
>   Is there a possible requisites you can define? So that when the module 
> is built with cpan, it pauses asking if you want the extra modules 
> installed and defaults to no if you don't respond is 30 seconds?

I think the current answer is to use Module::Build or something other
than CPAN, or to not enable them in PREREQ_PM and to have some sort of
eval around any use statements to handle unavailability gracefully.

I also think the current answers are less portable than Makefile.PL
so it's still something that needs work.

Any better solutions?  I'd love to know.

Thanks,
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