6 files changed, 15 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/tools/directive b/tools/directive
index 95fe847ac..07d4b09e2 100755
--- a/tools/directive
+++ b/tools/directive
@@ -18,15 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 
-BEGIN {
-	require 5.10.0;
-	unless (-f 'configure') {
-		print "Error: $0 must be run from the main source directory!\n";
-		exit 1;
-	}
-}
-
-use feature ':5.10';
+use v5.10.0;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => qw(all);
 
diff --git a/tools/genssl b/tools/genssl
index 337244292..aab8ce553 100755
--- a/tools/genssl
+++ b/tools/genssl
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@
 #
 
 
-BEGIN {
-	require 5.10.0;
-}
-
-use feature ':5.10';
+use v5.10.0;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => qw(all);
 
diff --git a/tools/mkdescriptions b/tools/mkdescriptions
index ee29f48e9..bb6f011d8 100755
--- a/tools/mkdescriptions
+++ b/tools/mkdescriptions
@@ -18,15 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 
-BEGIN {
-	require 5.10.0;
-	unless (-f 'configure') {
-		print "Error: $0 must be run from the main source directory!\n";
-		exit 1;
-	}
-}
-
-use feature ':5.10';
+use v5.10.0;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => qw(all);
 
@@ -42,7 +34,7 @@ use lib dirname $RealDir;
 use make::common;
 use make::console;
 
-if (scalar @ARGV < 1) {
+unless (scalar @ARGV) {
 	print_format "<|GREEN Usage:|> $0 <<|UNDERLINE DOCS-SITE|>>\n", *STDERR;
 	exit 1;
 }
@@ -51,7 +43,8 @@ my %version = get_version();
 my $docdir = rel2abs catdir $ARGV[0], 'docs', $version{MAJOR}, 'modules';
 print_error "unable to find the module directory at $docdir!" unless -d $docdir;
 
-for my $module (<src/modules/extra/m_*.cpp>, <src/modules/m_*.cpp>, <src/modules/m_*/main.cpp>) {
+my $root = dirname $RealDir;
+for my $module (<$root/src/modules/extra/m_*.cpp>, <$root/src/modules/m_*.cpp>, <$root/src/modules/m_*/main.cpp>) {
 	print_error "unable to extract module name from $module!" unless $module =~ /m_(\w+)[.\/]/;
 	my $docfile = catfile $docdir, "$1.md";
 	print_error "unable to find the module documentation at $docfile!" unless -f $docfile;
diff --git a/tools/mkheaders b/tools/mkheaders
index 0569ec422..0ca593584 100755
--- a/tools/mkheaders
+++ b/tools/mkheaders
@@ -18,15 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 
-BEGIN {
-	require 5.10.0;
-	unless (-f 'configure') {
-		print "Error: $0 must be run from the main source directory!\n";
-		exit 1;
-	}
-}
-
-use feature ':5.10';
+use v5.10.0;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => qw(all);
 
@@ -49,11 +41,12 @@ my @ignored_revisions = (
 	'f2acdbc3820f0f4f5ef76a0a64e73d2a320df91f', # peavey fixing line endings
 );
 
-my @paths = File::Util->new->list_dir('.' => { recurse => 1 });
+my @paths = File::Util->new->list_dir(dirname($RealDir) => { recurse => 1 });
 my @updated;
 for my $path (@paths) {
 	next unless -f $path;
 	next if $path =~ /\/\./;
+	next if $path =~ /\/build\//;
 	next if $path =~ /\/vendor\//;
 
 	if (system "git ls-files --error-unmatch -- $path 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null") {
diff --git a/tools/test-build b/tools/test-build
index 25981d4a6..47df0c8f0 100755
--- a/tools/test-build
+++ b/tools/test-build
@@ -18,15 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 
-BEGIN {
-	require 5.10.0;
-	unless (-f 'configure') {
-		print "Error: $0 must be run from the main source directory!\n";
-		exit 1;
-	}
-}
-
-use feature ':5.10';
+use v5.10.0;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => qw(all);
 
@@ -42,6 +34,7 @@ $ENV{INSPIRCD_VERBOSE} = 1;
 
 execute 'git', 'clean', '-dfx';
 
+my $root = dirname $RealDir;
 my @compilers = $#ARGV >= 0 ? @ARGV : qw(g++ clang++ icpc);
 foreach my $compiler (@compilers) {
 	if (system "$compiler -v > /dev/null 2>&1") {
@@ -57,14 +50,14 @@ foreach my $compiler (@compilers) {
 		say "Attempting to build using the $compiler compiler and the $socketengine socket engine...";
 		my @configure_flags;
 		if (defined $ENV{TEST_BUILD_MODULES}) {
-			execute './configure', '--enable-extras', $ENV{TEST_BUILD_MODULES};
+			execute "$root/configure", '--enable-extras', $ENV{TEST_BUILD_MODULES};
 			push @configure_flags, '--disable-auto-extras';
 		}
-		if (execute './configure', '--development', '--socketengine', $socketengine, @configure_flags) {
+		if (execute "$root/configure", '--development', '--socketengine', $socketengine, @configure_flags) {
 			say "Failed to configure using the $compiler compiler and the $socketengine socket engine!";
 			exit 1;
 		}
-		if (execute 'make', '--jobs', get_cpu_count() + 1, 'install') {
+		if (execute 'make', '--directory', $root, '--jobs', get_cpu_count() + 1, 'install') {
 			say "Failed to compile using the $compiler compiler and the $socketengine socket engine!";
 			exit 1;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/testssl b/tools/testssl
index ece15984f..ea50aee4e 100755
--- a/tools/testssl
+++ b/tools/testssl
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 
-BEGIN {
-	require 5.10.0;
-}
-
-use feature ':5.10';
+use v5.10.0;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => qw(all);