Not all of the methods below are overridable in a
Makefile.PL. Overridable methods are marked as (o). All methods are
overridable by a platform specific MM_*.pm file.
Cross-platform methods are being moved into MM_Any. If you can't find
something that used to be in here, look in MM_Any.
- os_flavor
-
Simply says that we're Unix.
- c_o (o)
-
Defines the suffix rules to compile different flavors of C files to
object files.
- cflags (o)
-
Does very much the same as the cflags script in the perl
distribution. It doesn't return the whole compiler command line, but
initializes all of its parts. The const_cccmd method then actually
returns the definition of the CCCMD macro which uses these parts.
- const_cccmd (o)
-
Returns the full compiler call for C programs and stores the
definition in CONST_CCCMD.
- const_config (o)
-
Defines a couple of constants in the Makefile that are imported from
%Config.
- const_loadlibs (o)
-
Defines EXTRALIBS, LDLOADLIBS, BSLOADLIBS, LD_RUN_PATH. See
ExtUtils::Liblist for details.
- constants (o)
-
my $make_frag = $mm->constants;
Prints out macros for lots of constants.
- depend (o)
-
Same as macro for the depend attribute.
- init_DEST
-
$mm->init_DEST
Defines the DESTDIR and DEST* variables paralleling the INSTALL*.
- init_dist
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$mm->init_dist;
Defines a lot of macros for distribution support.
macro description default
TAR tar command to use tar
TARFLAGS flags to pass to TAR cvf
ZIP zip command to use zip
ZIPFLAGS flags to pass to ZIP -r
COMPRESS compression command to gzip --best
use for tarfiles
SUFFIX suffix to put on .gz
compressed files
SHAR shar command to use shar
PREOP extra commands to run before
making the archive
POSTOP extra commands to run after
making the archive
TO_UNIX a command to convert linefeeds
to Unix style in your archive
CI command to checkin your ci -u
sources to version control
RCS_LABEL command to label your sources rcs -Nv$(VERSION_SYM): -q
just after CI is run
DIST_CP $how argument to manicopy() best
when the distdir is created
DIST_DEFAULT default target to use to tardist
create a distribution
DISTVNAME name of the resulting archive $(DISTNAME)-$(VERSION)
(minus suffixes)
- dist (o)
-
my $dist_macros = $mm->dist(%overrides);
Generates a make fragment defining all the macros initialized in
init_dist.
%overrides can be used to override any of the above.
- dist_basics (o)
-
Defines the targets distclean, distcheck, skipcheck, manifest, veryclean.
- dist_ci (o)
-
Defines a check in target for RCS.
- dist_core (o)
-
my $dist_make_fragment = $MM->dist_core;
Puts the targets necessary for 'make dist' together into one make
fragment.
- dist_target
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my $make_frag = $MM->dist_target;
Returns the 'dist' target to make an archive for distribution. This
target simply checks to make sure the Makefile is up-to-date and
depends on $(DIST_DEFAULT).
- tardist_target
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my $make_frag = $MM->tardist_target;
Returns the 'tardist' target which is simply so 'make tardist' works.
The real work is done by the dynamically named tardistfile_target()
method, tardist should have that as a dependency.
- zipdist_target
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my $make_frag = $MM->zipdist_target;
Returns the 'zipdist' target which is simply so 'make zipdist' works.
The real work is done by the dynamically named zipdistfile_target()
method, zipdist should have that as a dependency.
- tarfile_target
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my $make_frag = $MM->tarfile_target;
The name of this target is the name of the tarball generated by
tardist. This target does the actual work of turning the distdir into
a tarball.
- zipfile_target
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my $make_frag = $MM->zipfile_target;
The name of this target is the name of the zip file generated by
zipdist. This target does the actual work of turning the distdir into
a zip file.
- uutardist_target
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my $make_frag = $MM->uutardist_target;
Converts the tarfile into a uuencoded file
- shdist_target
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my $make_frag = $MM->shdist_target;
Converts the distdir into a shell archive.
- dlsyms (o)
-
Used by some OS' to define DL_FUNCS and DL_VARS and write the *.exp files.
Normally just returns an empty string.
- dynamic_bs (o)
-
Defines targets for bootstrap files.
- dynamic_lib (o)
-
Defines how to produce the *.so (or equivalent) files.
- exescan
-
Deprecated method. Use libscan instead.
- extliblist
-
Called by init_others, and calls ext ExtUtils::Liblist. See
ExtUtils::Liblist for details.
- find_perl
-
Finds the executables PERL and FULLPERL
- fixin
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$mm->fixin(@files);
Inserts the sharpbang or equivalent magic number to a set of @files.
- force (o)
-
Writes an empty FORCE: target.
- guess_name
-
Guess the name of this package by examining the working directory's
name. MakeMaker calls this only if the developer has not supplied a
NAME attribute.
- has_link_code
-
Returns true if C, XS, MYEXTLIB or similar objects exist within this
object that need a compiler. Does not descend into subdirectories as
needs_linking() does.
- init_dirscan
-
Scans the directory structure and initializes DIR, XS, XS_FILES, PM,
C, C_FILES, O_FILES, H, H_FILES, PL_FILES, MAN*PODS, EXE_FILES.
Called by init_main.
- init_DIRFILESEP
-
Using / for Unix. Called by init_main.
- init_main
-
Initializes AR, AR_STATIC_ARGS, BASEEXT, CONFIG, DISTNAME, DLBASE,
EXE_EXT, FULLEXT, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN, FULLPERLRUNINST, INST_*,
INSTALL*, INSTALLDIRS, LIB_EXT, LIBPERL_A, MAP_TARGET, NAME,
OBJ_EXT, PARENT_NAME, PERL, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_INC, PERL_LIB,
PERL_SRC, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PREFIX, VERSION,
VERSION_SYM, XS_VERSION.
- init_others
-
Initializes EXTRALIBS, BSLOADLIBS, LDLOADLIBS, LIBS, LD_RUN_PATH, LD,
OBJECT, BOOTDEP, PERLMAINCC, LDFROM, LINKTYPE, SHELL, NOOP,
FIRST_MAKEFILE, MAKEFILE_OLD, NOECHO, RM_F, RM_RF, TEST_F,
TOUCH, CP, MV, CHMOD, UMASK_NULL, ECHO, ECHO_N
- init_linker
-
Unix has no need of special linker flags.
- init_PERL
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$mm->init_PERL;
Called by init_main. Sets up ABSPERL, PERL, FULLPERL and all the
*PERLRUN* permutations.
PERL is allowed to be miniperl
FULLPERL must be a complete perl
ABSPERL is PERL converted to an absolute path
*PERLRUN contains everything necessary to run perl, find it's
libraries, etc...
*PERLRUNINST is *PERLRUN + everything necessary to find the
modules being built.
- init_platform
-
- platform_constants
-
Add MM_Unix_VERSION.
- init_PERM
-
$mm->init_PERM
Called by init_main. Initializes PERL_*
- init_xs
-
$mm->init_xs
Sets up macros having to do with XS code. Currently just INST_STATIC,
INST_DYNAMIC and INST_BOOT.
- install (o)
-
Defines the install target.
- installbin (o)
-
Defines targets to make and to install EXE_FILES.
- linkext (o)
-
Defines the linkext target which in turn defines the LINKTYPE.
- lsdir
-
Takes as arguments a directory name and a regular expression. Returns
all entries in the directory that match the regular expression.
- macro (o)
-
Simple subroutine to insert the macros defined by the macro attribute
into the Makefile.
- makeaperl (o)
-
Called by staticmake. Defines how to write the Makefile to produce a
static new perl.
By default the Makefile produced includes all the static extensions in
the perl library. (Purified versions of library files, e.g.,
DynaLoader_pure_p1_c0_032.a are automatically ignored to avoid link errors.)
- makefile (o)
-
Defines how to rewrite the Makefile.
- maybe_command
-
Returns true, if the argument is likely to be a command.
- needs_linking (o)
-
Does this module need linking? Looks into subdirectory objects (see
also has_link_code())
- nicetext
-
misnamed method (will have to be changed). The MM_Unix method just
returns the argument without further processing.
On VMS used to insure that colons marking targets are preceded by
space - most Unix Makes don't need this, but it's necessary under VMS
to distinguish the target delimiter from a colon appearing as part of
a filespec.
- parse_abstract
-
parse a file and return what you think is the ABSTRACT
- parse_version
-
parse a file and return what you think is $VERSION in this file set to.
It will return the string ``undef'' if it can't figure out what $VERSION
is. $VERSION should be for all to see, so our $VERSION or plain $VERSION
are okay, but my $VERSION is not.
- pasthru (o)
-
Defines the string that is passed to recursive make calls in
subdirectories.
- perl_script
-
Takes one argument, a file name, and returns the file name, if the
argument is likely to be a perl script. On MM_Unix this is true for
any ordinary, readable file.
- perldepend (o)
-
Defines the dependency from all *.h files that come with the perl
distribution.
- perm_rw (o)
-
Returns the attribute "PERM_RW" or the string 644.
Used as the string that is passed
to the "chmod" command to set the permissions for read/writeable files.
MakeMaker chooses 644 because it has turned out in the past that
relying on the umask provokes hard-to-track bug reports.
When the return value is used by the perl function "chmod", it is
interpreted as an octal value.
- perm_rwx (o)
-
Returns the attribute "PERM_RWX" or the string 755,
i.e. the string that is passed
to the "chmod" command to set the permissions for executable files.
See also perl_rw.
- pm_to_blib
-
Defines target that copies all files in the hash PM to their
destination and autosplits them. See ``DESCRIPTION'' in ExtUtils::Install
- post_constants (o)
-
Returns an empty string per default. Dedicated to overrides from
within Makefile.PL after all constants have been defined.
- post_initialize (o)
-
Returns an empty string per default. Used in Makefile.PLs to add some
chunk of text to the Makefile after the object is initialized.
- postamble (o)
-
Returns an empty string. Can be used in Makefile.PLs to write some
text to the Makefile at the end.
- ppd
-
Defines target that creates a PPD (Perl Package Description) file
for a binary distribution.
- prefixify
-
$MM->prefixify($var, $prefix, $new_prefix, $default);
Using either $MM->{uc $var} || $Config{lc $var}, it will attempt to
replace it's $prefix with a $new_prefix.
Should the $prefix fail to match AND a PREFIX was given as an
argument to WriteMakefile() it will set it to the $new_prefix +
$default. This is for systems whose file layouts don't neatly fit into
our ideas of prefixes.
This is for heuristics which attempt to create directory structures
that mirror those of the installed perl.
For example:
$MM->prefixify('installman1dir', '/usr', '/home/foo', 'man/man1');
this will attempt to remove '/usr' from the front of the
$MM->{INSTALLMAN1DIR} path (initializing it to $Config{installman1dir}
if necessary) and replace it with '/home/foo'. If this fails it will
simply use '/home/foo/man/man1'.
- processPL (o)
-
Defines targets to run *.PL files.
- quote_paren
-
Backslashes parentheses "()" in command line arguments.
Doesn't handle recursive Makefile "$(...)" constructs,
but handles simple ones.
- replace_manpage_separator
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my $man_name = $MM->replace_manpage_separator($file_path);
Takes the name of a package, which may be a nested package, in the
form 'Foo/Bar.pm' and replaces the slash with "::" or something else
safe for a man page file name. Returns the replacement.
- cd
-
- oneliner
-
- quote_literal
-
- escape_newlines
-
- max_exec_len
-
Using POSIX::ARG_MAX. Otherwise falling back to 4096.
- static (o)
-
Defines the static target.
- static_lib (o)
-
Defines how to produce the *.a (or equivalent) files.
- staticmake (o)
-
Calls makeaperl.
- subdir_x (o)
-
Helper subroutine for subdirs
- subdirs (o)
-
Defines targets to process subdirectories.
- test (o)
-
Defines the test targets.
- test_via_harness (override)
-
For some reason which I forget, Unix machines like to have
PERL_DL_NONLAZY set for tests.
- test_via_script (override)
-
Again, the PERL_DL_NONLAZY thing.
- tools_other (o)
-
my $make_frag = $MM->tools_other;
Returns a make fragment containing definitions for the macros init_others()
initializes.
- tool_xsubpp (o)
-
Determines typemaps, xsubpp version, prototype behaviour.
- all_target
-
Build man pages, too
- top_targets (o)
-
Defines the targets all, subdirs, config, and O_FILES
- writedoc
-
Obsolete, deprecated method. Not used since Version 5.21.
- xs_c (o)
-
Defines the suffix rules to compile XS files to C.
- xs_cpp (o)
-
Defines the suffix rules to compile XS files to C++.
- xs_o (o)
-
Defines suffix rules to go from XS to object files directly. This is
only intended for broken make implementations.