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ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3pm)               Perl Programmers Reference Guide               ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3pm)



NAME
       ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

SYNOPSIS
        use ExtUtils::MM_Win32; # Done internally by ExtUtils::MakeMaker if needed

DESCRIPTION
       See ExtUtils::MM_Unix for a documentation of the methods provided there. This package overrides the
       implementation of these methods, not the semantics.

       Overridden methods


       dlsyms
       replace_manpage_separator
           Changes the path separator with .

       maybe_command
           Since Windows has nothing as simple as an executable bit, we check the file extension.

           The PATHEXT env variable will be used to get a list of extensions that might indicate a command,
           otherwise .com, .exe, .bat and .cmd will be used by default.

       init_DIRFILESEP
           Using \ for Windows.

       init_others
           Override some of the Unix specific commands with portable ExtUtils::Command ones.

           Also provide defaults for LD and AR in case the %Config values aren't set.

           LDLOADLIBS's default is changed to $Config{libs}.

           Adjustments are made for Borland's quirks needing -L to come first.

       init_platform
           Add MM_Win32_VERSION.

       platform_constants
       special_targets
           Add .USESHELL target for dmake.

       static_lib
           Changes how to run the linker.

           The rest is duplicate code from MM_Unix.  Should move the linker code to its own method.

       dynamic_lib
           Complicated stuff for Win32 that I don't understand. :(

       extra_clean_files
           Clean out some extra dll.{base,exp} files which might be generated by gcc.  Otherwise, take out
           all *.pdb files.

       init_linker
       perl_script
           Checks for the perl program under several common perl extensions.

       xs_o
           This target is stubbed out.  Not sure why.

       pasthru
           All we send is -nologo to nmake to prevent it from printing its damned banner.

       oneliner
           These are based on what command.com does on Win98.  They may be wrong for other Windows shells, I
           don't know.

       cd  dmake can handle Unix style cd'ing but nmake (at least 1.5) cannot.  It wants:

               cd dir
               command
               another_command
               cd ..

           NOTE This cd can only go one level down.  So far this sufficient for what MakeMaker needs.

       max_exec_len
           nmake 1.50 limits command length to 2048 characters.

       os_flavor
           Windows is Win32.



perl v5.8.8                                      2001-09-21                          ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3pm)