cpanm --installdeps

[lskatz]

Related to #456: How do I install modules listed in my Makefile.PL? Normally cpanm -l . --installdeps . works for me normally but I would like to see the recommended way. I don't want to have to list them in both the Makefile.PL and github workflow yml file but please tell me if that is what I must be doing.

[lskatz]

And what would -l point to? Is there a directory in PERL5LIB? I just feel like the modules installation documentation is pretty short.

[lskatz]

Here is an example of --installdeps not working: https://github.com/lskatz/any2index/runs/3497261716?check_suite_focus=true#step:6:26

[ferki]

For reference, I'm running something like cpanm --local-lib ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/local --installdeps . when I'm in this situation in a GitHub Actions workflow. Notably in this case, any caching of the local directory has to be taken care of outside actions-setup-perl, as it will not cache the contents (since caching seems to happen during shogo82148/actions-setup-perl@v1 step instead of at end of the job, like with the standard actions/cache@v3).

It would be indeed nice to have a way to run cpanm with some arguments directly from theshogo82148/actions-setup-perl@v1 step, regardless of having a cpanfile or having to install any modules with install-modules. Something like this:

- name: Setup Perl
  uses: shogo82148/actions-setup-perl@v1
  with:
    install-modules-with: cpanm
    install-modules-args: --installdeps --with-develop .

which would run cpanm --local-lib-contained local --notest -installdeps --with-develop ..

@shogo82148, what do you think? Would something like that be feasible in installWithCpanm?