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Changes for version 6.25 - 2004-12-15

  • Build.PL was being considered like Module_pm.PL. Build.PL is now ignored. [radek@karnet.pl] [rt.cpan.org 8809]
  • Devel::Cover cover_db/ directory now ignored by MANIFEST.SKIP

Changes for version 6.24_01 - 2004-12-09

  • Docs encouraged possibly insecure use of /tmp [CAN-2004-0976 via Debian]
  • Remove empty rpath from .so files [bleadperl@23183]
  • At long last the core man page title has its apostrophe.
  • BeOS tests fixed [Ingo Weinhold] [perlbug #32717]
  • Putting a pm_to_blib target back (alias of pm_to_blib.ts) in case anyone was depending on it being there (mod_perl was).

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