Changes for version 6.45_01 - 2008-09-06
- New Features
- META_ADD and META_MERGE have been added to manipulate the META.yml. Thanks to Adriano Ferreira. [rt.cpan.org 21282]
- META.yml now includes configure_requires ExtUtils::MakeMaker by default. [rt.cpan.org 32337]
- META.yml now excludes t/ and inc/ from indexing by default.
- META.yml license is now "unknown" instead of undef if a LICENSE is not given.
- META.yml now conforms to version 1.4 of the spec.
- Bug Fixese
- Make @MM_Sections and @Overridable global again. It's an undocumented but used way to manipulate MakeMaker behavior. [rt.cpan.org 36047]
- Portability
- Changed the name/dmake test in MM_Win32.pm to use regexs to that they are able to handle Perl on a Stick absolute paths.
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
Version-agnostic bytes.pm
Platform-agnostic vmsish.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
in lib/ExtUtils/MM.pm
in lib/ExtUtils/MY.pm
in lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm