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Changes for version 6.25_01 - 2004-12-17

  • *.bak added to the default MANIFEST.SKIP.
  • META.yml will no longer be generated in the build directory. It will only appear in the distdir. This should make it easier on developers, they don't have to worry about checking the file in all the time.
  • Similarly, the SIGNATURE file will not be updated in the build directory. It will only be generated in the distdir.
  • A bunch of redundant Win9x and VMS code removed.
  • 'make test' on Windows no longer pre-expands its list of test files. This caused problems on large distributions like bioperl. Thanks to Tim Bunce for suggesting the obvious fix.

Documentation

A shell to examine installed modules
Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker
Writing a module with MakeMaker

Modules

utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.
Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
install files from here to there
Inventory management of installed modules
determine libraries to use and how to use them
OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
Platform-agnostic MM methods
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
Create a module Makefile
Version-agnostic bytes.pm
Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
write linker options files for dynamic extension
manage .packlist files
add blib/* directories to @INC

Provides

in lib/ExtUtils/Mkbootstrap.pm
in lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
in lib/ExtUtils/Liblist/Kid.pm
in lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
MM
in lib/ExtUtils/MM.pm
MY
in lib/ExtUtils/MY.pm