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Changes for version 6.99_08 - 2014-08-18

  • Bug fixes:
  • Liblist::Kid: can now handle -l:foo.so invocations properly
  • Scripts will no longer have the 'not running under some shell' code applied when rewriting shebang lines.
  • version is now used to parse prereqs versions internally
  • Support UTF8 encoded command-line args and Makefile.PL args
  • Generated META.files will now always have linefeed EOLs, even on Windows
  • Rewrite the version line eval handling to have less insane edge cases
  • Doc fixes:
  • Documentation now includes links to Dist::Zilla, File::ShareDir and File::ShareDir::Install
  • Clarified support policy for < v5.8.1 in README
  • Misc:
  • Updated bundled CPAN::Meta::Requirements to version 2.126
  • Updated bundled ExtUtils::Manifest to version 1.65

Changes for version 6.99_07 - 2014-07-30

  • Bug fixes:
  • Resolve 'wide character in print' warnings

Changes for version 6.99_06 - 2014-07-28

  • Enhancements:
  • Improvements and tests for the spaces-in-stuff handling

Changes for version 6.99_05 - 2014-07-22

  • Enhancements:
  • Enable working with (including installing to) directories with spaces in names

Changes for version 6.99_04 - 2014-07-12

  • Enhancements:
  • No longer report each file being manified. Only summarise.

Changes for version 6.99_03 - 2014-07-04

  • Doc Fixes:
  • PATCHING document has been rewritten as CONTRIBUTING and TODO document has been removed
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Rearranged bundled prereqs so CPAN::Meta::Requirements won't get stomped on if it is installed already, but CPAN::Meta isn't

Changes for version 6.99_02 - 2014-06-05

  • Bug fixes:
  • MM->parse_version will no longer warn if it could not determine the $VERSION due to syntax errors etc.

Changes for version 6.99_01 - 2014-06-03

  • Bug fixes:
  • Disregard some warnings during tests when cross-compiling
  • Doc fixes:
  • Clarified the use and limitations of META_ADD, META_MERGE
  • Test fixes:
  • Sanitise env vars in tests

Documentation

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

Modules

Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
determine libraries to use and how to use them
OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
AIX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
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
special behaviors for OS X
once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
QNX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
VOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
Create a module Makefile
Wrapper around Config.pm
make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
write linker options files for dynamic extension
add blib/* directories to @INC

Provides

in lib/ExtUtils/Mkbootstrap.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
MY
in lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm