switched to using Makefile.PL, though I hate MakeMaker, it seems to make

some sense to use it here.

Makefile.PL

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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+use strict;
+
+# Just to make it ignore editor backup files.
+sub MY::libscan {
+	$_ = $_[1];
+
+	return '' if m/\/(RCS|CVS|SCCS)\// || m/[~%]$/ || m/\.(orig|rej)$/;
+	return $_;
+}
+
+# Add a more targets.
+sub MY::postamble {
+	return q{
+
+VER=$(shell perl -e '$$_=<>;print m/\((.*?)\)/'<debian/changelog)
+
+extra_build:
+	perl -i -pe "s/\@version\@/$(VER)/g" <alien.lsm.in >alien.lsm
+
+extra_install:
+	install -d $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches \
+		   $(PREFIX)/var/lib/alien
+	cp -f patches/*.diff $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches/
+	-rm -f $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches/*.gz
+	gzip -qf9 $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches/*
+
+}
+}
+
+WriteMakefile(
+	'NAME'		=> 'Alien',
+	'EXE_FILES'	=> ['alien'],
+	# Pure evil. Hook into build and install targets
+	'depend'	=> {'all:' => 'extra_build',
+			    'install:' => 'extra_install',
+			    'pure_install:' => 'extra_install'},
+	'clean'		=> {FILES => 'alien.lsm'},
+);