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NAME
       ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile

SYNOPSIS
         use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;

         WriteMakefile( ATTRIBUTE => VALUE [, ...] );

DESCRIPTION
       This utility is designed to write a Makefile for an extension module from a Makefile.PL.
       It is based on the Makefile.SH model provided by Andy Dougherty and the perl5-porters.

       It splits the task of generating the Makefile into several subroutines that can be indi-
       vidually overridden.  Each subroutine returns the text it wishes to have written to the
       Makefile.

       MakeMaker is object oriented. Each directory below the current directory that contains a
       Makefile.PL is treated as a separate object. This makes it possible to write an unlimited
       number of Makefiles with a single invocation of WriteMakefile().

       How To Write A Makefile.PL

       See ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial.

       The long answer is the rest of the manpage :-)

       Default Makefile Behaviour

       The generated Makefile enables the user of the extension to invoke

         perl Makefile.PL # optionally "perl Makefile.PL verbose"
         make
         make test        # optionally set TEST_VERBOSE=1
         make install     # See below

       The Makefile to be produced may be altered by adding arguments of the form "KEY=VALUE".
       E.g.

         perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=~

       Other interesting targets in the generated Makefile are

         make config     # to check if the Makefile is up-to-date
         make clean      # delete local temp files (Makefile gets renamed)
         make realclean  # delete derived files (including ./blib)
         make ci         # check in all the files in the MANIFEST file
         make dist       # see below the Distribution Support section

       make test

       MakeMaker checks for the existence of a file named test.pl in the current directory and if
       it exists it execute the script with the proper set of perl "-I" options.

       MakeMaker also checks for any files matching glob("t/*.t"). It will execute all matching
       files in alphabetical order via the Test::Harness module with the "-I" switches set cor-
       rectly.

       If you'd like to see the raw output of your tests, set the "TEST_VERBOSE" variable to
       true.

         make test TEST_VERBOSE=1

       make testdb

       A useful variation of the above is the target "testdb". It runs the test under the Perl
       debugger (see perldebug). If the file test.pl exists in the current directory, it is used
       for the test.

       If you want to debug some other testfile, set the "TEST_FILE" variable thusly:

         make testdb TEST_FILE=t/mytest.t

       By default the debugger is called using "-d" option to perl. If you want to specify some
       other option, set the "TESTDB_SW" variable:

         make testdb TESTDB_SW=-Dx

       make install

       make alone puts all relevant files into directories that are named by the macros INST_LIB,
       INST_ARCHLIB, INST_SCRIPT, INST_MAN1DIR and INST_MAN3DIR.  All these default to something
       below ./blib if you are not building below the perl source directory. If you are building
       below the perl source, INST_LIB and INST_ARCHLIB default to ../../lib, and INST_SCRIPT is
       not defined.

       The install target of the generated Makefile copies the files found below each of the
       INST_* directories to their INSTALL* counterparts. Which counterparts are chosen depends
       on the setting of INSTALLDIRS according to the following table:

                                        INSTALLDIRS set to
                                  perl        site          vendor

                        PERLPREFIX      SITEPREFIX          VENDORPREFIX
         INST_ARCHLIB   INSTALLARCHLIB  INSTALLSITEARCH     INSTALLVENDORARCH
         INST_LIB       INSTALLPRIVLIB  INSTALLSITELIB      INSTALLVENDORLIB
         INST_BIN       INSTALLBIN      INSTALLSITEBIN      INSTALLVENDORBIN
         INST_SCRIPT    INSTALLSCRIPT   INSTALLSITESCRIPT   INSTALLVENDORSCRIPT
         INST_MAN1DIR   INSTALLMAN1DIR  INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR  INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR
         INST_MAN3DIR   INSTALLMAN3DIR  INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR  INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR

       The INSTALL... macros in turn default to their %Config ($Config{installprivlib}, $Con-
       fig{installarchlib}, etc.) counterparts.

       You can check the values of these variables on your system with

           perl '-V:install.*'

       And to check the sequence in which the library directories are searched by perl, run

           perl -le 'print join $/, @INC'

       Sometimes older versions of the module you're installing live in other directories in
       @INC.  Because Perl loads the first version of a module it finds, not the newest, you
       might accidentally get one of these older versions even after installing a brand new ver-
       sion.  To delete all other versions of the module you're installing (not simply older
       ones) set the "UNINST" variable.

           make install UNINST=1

       INSTALL_BASE

       INSTALL_BASE can be passed into Makefile.PL to change where your module will be installed.
       INSTALL_BASE is more like what everyone else calls "prefix" than PREFIX is.

       To have everything installed in your home directory, do the following.

           # Unix users, INSTALL_BASE=~ works fine
           perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=/path/to/your/home/dir

       Like PREFIX, it sets several INSTALL* attributes at once.  Unlike PREFIX it is easy to
       predict where the module will end up.  The installation pattern looks like this:

           INSTALLARCHLIB     INSTALL_BASE/lib/perl5/$Config{archname}
           INSTALLPRIVLIB     INSTALL_BASE/lib/perl5
           INSTALLBIN         INSTALL_BASE/bin
           INSTALLSCRIPT      INSTALL_BASE/bin
           INSTALLMAN1DIR     INSTALL_BASE/man/man1
           INSTALLMAN3DIR     INSTALL_BASE/man/man3

       INSTALL_BASE in MakeMaker and "--install_base" in Module::Build (as of 0.28) install to
       the same location.  If you want MakeMaker and Module::Build to install to the same loca-
       tion simply set INSTALL_BASE and "--install_base" to the same location.

       INSTALL_BASE was added in 6.31.

       PREFIX and LIB attribute

       PREFIX and LIB can be used to set several INSTALL* attributes in one go.  Here's an exam-
       ple for installing into your home directory.

           # Unix users, PREFIX=~ works fine
           perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/path/to/your/home/dir

       This will install all files in the module under your home directory, with man pages and
       libraries going into an appropriate place (usually ~/man and ~/lib).  How the exact loca-
       tion is determined is complicated and depends on how your Perl was configured.
       INSTALL_BASE works more like what other build systems call "prefix" than PREFIX and we
       recommend you use that instead.

       Another way to specify many INSTALL directories with a single parameter is LIB.

           perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/lib

       This will install the module's architecture-independent files into ~/lib, the architec-
       ture-dependent files into ~/lib/$archname.

       Note, that in both cases the tilde expansion is done by MakeMaker, not by perl by default,
       nor by make.

       Conflicts between parameters LIB, PREFIX and the various INSTALL* arguments are resolved
       so that:

       ?   setting LIB overrides any setting of INSTALLPRIVLIB, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLSITELIB,
           INSTALLSITEARCH (and they are not affected by PREFIX);

       ?   without LIB, setting PREFIX replaces the initial $Config{prefix} part of those
           INSTALL* arguments, even if the latter are explicitly set (but are set to still start
           with $Config{prefix}).

       If the user has superuser privileges, and is not working on AFS or relatives, then the
       defaults for INSTALLPRIVLIB, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLSCRIPT, etc. will be appropriate, and
       this incantation will be the best:

           perl Makefile.PL;
           make;
           make test
           make install

       make install per default writes some documentation of what has been done into the file
       "$(INSTALLARCHLIB)/perllocal.pod". This feature can be bypassed by calling make
       pure_install.

       AFS users

       will have to specify the installation directories as these most probably have changed
       since perl itself has been installed. They will have to do this by calling

           perl Makefile.PL INSTALLSITELIB=/afs/here/today \
               INSTALLSCRIPT=/afs/there/now INSTALLMAN3DIR=/afs/for/manpages
           make

       Be careful to repeat this procedure every time you recompile an extension, unless you are
       sure the AFS installation directories are still valid.

       Static Linking of a new Perl Binary

       An extension that is built with the above steps is ready to use on systems supporting
       dynamic loading. On systems that do not support dynamic loading, any newly created exten-
       sion has to be linked together with the available resources. MakeMaker supports the link-
       ing process by creating appropriate targets in the Makefile whenever an extension is
       built. You can invoke the corresponding section of the makefile with

           make perl

       That produces a new perl binary in the current directory with all extensions linked in
       that can be found in INST_ARCHLIB, SITELIBEXP, and PERL_ARCHLIB. To do that, MakeMaker
       writes a new Makefile, on UNIX, this is called Makefile.aperl (may be system dependent).
       If you want to force the creation of a new perl, it is recommended, that you delete this
       Makefile.aperl, so the directories are searched-through for linkable libraries again.

       The binary can be installed into the directory where perl normally resides on your machine
       with

           make inst_perl

       To produce a perl binary with a different name than "perl", either say

           perl Makefile.PL MAP_TARGET=myperl
           make myperl
           make inst_perl

       or say

           perl Makefile.PL
           make myperl MAP_TARGET=myperl
           make inst_perl MAP_TARGET=myperl

       In any case you will be prompted with the correct invocation of the "inst_perl" target
       that installs the new binary into INSTALLBIN.

       make inst_perl per default writes some documentation of what has been done into the file
       "$(INSTALLARCHLIB)/perllocal.pod". This can be bypassed by calling make pure_inst_perl.

       Warning: the inst_perl: target will most probably overwrite your existing perl binary. Use
       with care!

       Sometimes you might want to build a statically linked perl although your system supports
       dynamic loading. In this case you may explicitly set the linktype with the invocation of
       the Makefile.PL or make:

           perl Makefile.PL LINKTYPE=static    # recommended

       or

           make LINKTYPE=static                # works on most systems

       Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations

       MakeMaker needs to know, or to guess, where certain things are located.  Especially
       INST_LIB and INST_ARCHLIB (where to put the files during the make(1) run), PERL_LIB and
       PERL_ARCHLIB (where to read existing modules from), and PERL_INC (header files and
       "libperl*.*").

       Extensions may be built either using the contents of the perl source directory tree or
       from the installed perl library. The recommended way is to build extensions after you have
       run 'make install' on perl itself. You can do that in any directory on your hard disk that
       is not below the perl source tree. The support for extensions below the ext directory of
       the perl distribution is only good for the standard extensions that come with perl.

       If an extension is being built below the "ext/" directory of the perl source then Make-
       Maker will set PERL_SRC automatically (e.g., "../..").  If PERL_SRC is defined and the
       extension is recognized as a standard extension, then other variables default to the fol-
       lowing:

         PERL_INC     = PERL_SRC
         PERL_LIB     = PERL_SRC/lib
         PERL_ARCHLIB = PERL_SRC/lib
         INST_LIB     = PERL_LIB
         INST_ARCHLIB = PERL_ARCHLIB

       If an extension is being built away from the perl source then MakeMaker will leave
       PERL_SRC undefined and default to using the installed copy of the perl library. The other
       variables default to the following:

         PERL_INC     = $archlibexp/CORE
         PERL_LIB     = $privlibexp
         PERL_ARCHLIB = $archlibexp
         INST_LIB     = ./blib/lib
         INST_ARCHLIB = ./blib/arch

       If perl has not yet been installed then PERL_SRC can be defined on the command line as
       shown in the previous section.

       Which architecture dependent directory?

       If you don't want to keep the defaults for the INSTALL* macros, MakeMaker helps you to
       minimize the typing needed: the usual relationship between INSTALLPRIVLIB and INSTALLARCH-
       LIB is determined by Configure at perl compilation time. MakeMaker supports the user who
       sets INSTALLPRIVLIB. If INSTALLPRIVLIB is set, but INSTALLARCHLIB not, then MakeMaker
       defaults the latter to be the same subdirectory of INSTALLPRIVLIB as Configure decided for
       the counterparts in %Config , otherwise it defaults to INSTALLPRIVLIB. The same relation-
       ship holds for INSTALLSITELIB and INSTALLSITEARCH.

       MakeMaker gives you much more freedom than needed to configure internal variables and get
       different results. It is worth to mention, that make(1) also lets you configure most of
       the variables that are used in the Makefile. But in the majority of situations this will
       not be necessary, and should only be done if the author of a package recommends it (or you
       know what you're doing).

       Using Attributes and Parameters

       The following attributes may be specified as arguments to WriteMakefile() or as NAME=VALUE
       pairs on the command line.

       ABSTRACT
         One line description of the module. Will be included in PPD file.

       ABSTRACT_FROM
         Name of the file that contains the package description. MakeMaker looks for a line in
         the POD matching /^($package\s-\s)(.*)/. This is typically the first line in the "=head1
         NAME" section. $2 becomes the abstract.

       AUTHOR
         String containing name (and email address) of package author(s). Is used in PPD (Perl
         Package Description) files for PPM (Perl Package Manager).

       BINARY_LOCATION
         Used when creating PPD files for binary packages.  It can be set to a full or relative
         path or URL to the binary archive for a particular architecture.  For example:

                 perl Makefile.PL BINARY_LOCATION=x86/Agent.tar.gz

         builds a PPD package that references a binary of the "Agent" package, located in the
         "x86" directory relative to the PPD itself.

       C Ref to array of *.c file names. Initialised from a directory scan and the values portion
         of the XS attribute hash. This is not currently used by MakeMaker but may be handy in
         Makefile.PLs.

       CCFLAGS
         String that will be included in the compiler call command line between the arguments INC
         and OPTIMIZE.

       CONFIG
         Arrayref. E.g. [qw(archname manext)] defines ARCHNAME & MANEXT from config.sh. MakeMaker
         will add to CONFIG the following values anyway: ar cc cccdlflags ccdlflags dlext dlsrc
         ld lddlflags ldflags libc lib_ext obj_ext ranlib sitelibexp sitearchexp so

       CONFIGURE
         CODE reference. The subroutine should return a hash reference. The hash may contain fur-
         ther attributes, e.g. {LIBS => ...}, that have to be determined by some evaluation
         method.

       DEFINE
         Something like "-DHAVE_UNISTD_H"

       DESTDIR
         This is the root directory into which the code will be installed.  It prepends itself to
         the normal prefix.  For example, if your code would normally go into /usr/local/lib/perl
         you could set DESTDIR=~/tmp/ and installation would go into ~/tmp/usr/local/lib/perl.

         This is primarily of use for people who repackage Perl modules.

         NOTE: Due to the nature of make, it is important that you put the trailing slash on your
         DESTDIR.  ~/tmp/ not ~/tmp.

       DIR
         Ref to array of subdirectories containing Makefile.PLs e.g. [ 'sdbm' ] in ext/SDBM_File

       DISTNAME
         A safe filename for the package.

         Defaults to NAME above but with :: replaced with -.

         For example, Foo::Bar becomes Foo-Bar.

       DISTVNAME
         Your name for distributing the package with the version number included.  This is used
         by 'make dist' to name the resulting archive file.

         Defaults to DISTNAME-VERSION.

         For example, version 1.04 of Foo::Bar becomes Foo-Bar-1.04.

         On some OS's where . has special meaning VERSION_SYM may be used in place of VERSION.

       DL_FUNCS
         Hashref of symbol names for routines to be made available as universal symbols.  Each
         key/value pair consists of the package name and an array of routine names in that pack-
         age.  Used only under AIX, OS/2, VMS and Win32 at present.  The routine names supplied
         will be expanded in the same way as XSUB names are expanded by the XS() macro.  Defaults
         to

           {"$(NAME)" => ["boot_$(NAME)" ] }

         e.g.

           {"RPC" => [qw( boot_rpcb rpcb_gettime getnetconfigent )],
            "NetconfigPtr" => [ 'DESTROY'] }

         Please see the ExtUtils::Mksymlists documentation for more information about the
         DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS and FUNCLIST attributes.

       DL_VARS
         Array of symbol names for variables to be made available as universal symbols.  Used
         only under AIX, OS/2, VMS and Win32 at present.  Defaults to [].  (e.g. [ qw(Foo_version
         Foo_numstreams Foo_tree ) ])

       EXCLUDE_EXT
         Array of extension names to exclude when doing a static build.  This is ignored if
         INCLUDE_EXT is present.  Consult INCLUDE_EXT for more details.  (e.g.  [ qw( Socket
         POSIX ) ] )

         This attribute may be most useful when specified as a string on the command line:  perl
         Makefile.PL EXCLUDE_EXT='Socket Safe'

       EXE_FILES
         Ref to array of executable files. The files will be copied to the INST_SCRIPT directory.
         Make realclean will delete them from there again.

         If your executables start with something like #!perl or #!/usr/bin/perl MakeMaker will
         change this to the path of the perl 'Makefile.PL' was invoked with so the programs will
         be sure to run properly even if perl is not in /usr/bin/perl.

       FIRST_MAKEFILE
         The name of the Makefile to be produced.  This is used for the second Makefile that will
         be produced for the MAP_TARGET.

         Defaults to 'Makefile' or 'Descrip.MMS' on VMS.

         (Note: we couldn't use MAKEFILE because dmake uses this for something else).

       FULLPERL
         Perl binary able to run this extension, load XS modules, etc...

       FULLPERLRUN
         Like PERLRUN, except it uses FULLPERL.

       FULLPERLRUNINST
         Like PERLRUNINST, except it uses FULLPERL.

       FUNCLIST
         This provides an alternate means to specify function names to be exported from the
         extension.  Its value is a reference to an array of function names to be exported by the
         extension.  These names are passed through unaltered to the linker options file.

       H Ref to array of *.h file names. Similar to C.

       IMPORTS
         This attribute is used to specify names to be imported into the extension. Takes a hash
         ref.

         It is only used on OS/2 and Win32.

       INC
         Include file dirs eg: "-I/usr/5include -I/path/to/inc"

       INCLUDE_EXT
         Array of extension names to be included when doing a static build.  MakeMaker will nor-
         mally build with all of the installed extensions when doing a static build, and that is
         usually the desired behavior.  If INCLUDE_EXT is present then MakeMaker will build only
         with those extensions which are explicitly mentioned. (e.g.  [ qw( Socket POSIX ) ])

         It is not necessary to mention DynaLoader or the current extension when filling in
         INCLUDE_EXT.  If the INCLUDE_EXT is mentioned but is empty then only DynaLoader and the
         current extension will be included in the build.

         This attribute may be most useful when specified as a string on the command line:  perl
         Makefile.PL INCLUDE_EXT='POSIX Socket Devel::Peek'

       INSTALLARCHLIB
         Used by 'make install', which copies files from INST_ARCHLIB to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to perl.

       INSTALLBIN
         Directory to install binary files (e.g. tkperl) into if INSTALLDIRS=perl.

       INSTALLDIRS
         Determines which of the sets of installation directories to choose: perl, site or ven-
         dor.  Defaults to site.

       INSTALLMAN1DIR
       INSTALLMAN3DIR
         These directories get the man pages at 'make install' time if INSTALLDIRS=perl.
         Defaults to $Config{installman*dir}.

         If set to 'none', no man pages will be installed.

       INSTALLPRIVLIB
         Used by 'make install', which copies files from INST_LIB to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to perl.

         Defaults to $Config{installprivlib}.

       INSTALLSCRIPT
         Used by 'make install' which copies files from INST_SCRIPT to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS=perl.

       INSTALLSITEARCH
         Used by 'make install', which copies files from INST_ARCHLIB to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to site (default).

       INSTALLSITEBIN
         Used by 'make install', which copies files from INST_BIN to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to site (default).

       INSTALLSITELIB
         Used by 'make install', which copies files from INST_LIB to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to site (default).

       INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR
       INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR
         These directories get the man pages at 'make install' time if INSTALLDIRS=site
         (default).  Defaults to $(SITEPREFIX)/man/man$(MAN*EXT).

         If set to 'none', no man pages will be installed.

       INSTALLSITESCRIPT
         Used by 'make install' which copies files from INST_SCRIPT to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to site (default).

       INSTALLVENDORARCH
         Used by 'make install', which copies files from INST_ARCHLIB to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to vendor.

       INSTALLVENDORBIN
         Used by 'make install', which copies files from INST_BIN to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to vendor.

       INSTALLVENDORLIB
         Used by 'make install', which copies files from INST_LIB to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to vendor.

       INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR
       INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR
         These directories get the man pages at 'make install' time if INSTALLDIRS=vendor.
         Defaults to $(VENDORPREFIX)/man/man$(MAN*EXT).

         If set to 'none', no man pages will be installed.

       INSTALLVENDORSCRIPT
         Used by 'make install' which copies files from INST_SCRIPT to this directory if
         INSTALLDIRS is set to is set to vendor.

       INST_ARCHLIB
         Same as INST_LIB for architecture dependent files.

       INST_BIN
         Directory to put real binary files during 'make'. These will be copied to INSTALLBIN
         during 'make install'

       INST_LIB
         Directory where we put library files of this extension while building it.

       INST_MAN1DIR
         Directory to hold the man pages at 'make' time

       INST_MAN3DIR
         Directory to hold the man pages at 'make' time

       INST_SCRIPT
         Directory, where executable files should be installed during 'make'. Defaults to
         "./blib/script", just to have a dummy location during testing. make install will copy
         the files in INST_SCRIPT to INSTALLSCRIPT.

       LD
         Program to be used to link libraries for dynamic loading.

         Defaults to $Config{ld}.

       LDDLFLAGS
         Any special flags that might need to be passed to ld to create a shared library suitable
         for dynamic loading.  It is up to the makefile to use it.  (See "lddlflags" in Config)

         Defaults to $Config{lddlflags}.

       LDFROM
         Defaults to "$(OBJECT)" and is used in the ld command to specify what files to link/load
         from (also see dynamic_lib below for how to specify ld flags)

       LIB
         LIB should only be set at "perl Makefile.PL" time but is allowed as a MakeMaker argu-
         ment. It has the effect of setting both INSTALLPRIVLIB and INSTALLSITELIB to that value
         regardless any explicit setting of those arguments (or of PREFIX).  INSTALLARCHLIB and
         INSTALLSITEARCH are set to the corresponding architecture subdirectory.

       LIBPERL_A
         The filename of the perllibrary that will be used together with this extension. Defaults
         to libperl.a.

       LIBS
         An anonymous array of alternative library specifications to be searched for (in order)
         until at least one library is found. E.g.

           'LIBS' => ["-lgdbm", "-ldbm -lfoo", "-L/path -ldbm.nfs"]

         Mind, that any element of the array contains a complete set of arguments for the ld com-
         mand. So do not specify

           'LIBS' => ["-ltcl", "-ltk", "-lX11"]

         See ODBM_File/Makefile.PL for an example, where an array is needed. If you specify a
         scalar as in

           'LIBS' => "-ltcl -ltk -lX11"

         MakeMaker will turn it into an array with one element.

       LICENSE
         The licensing terms of your distribution.  Generally its "perl" for the same license as
         Perl itself.

         See Module::Build::API for the list of options.

         Defaults to "unknown".

       LINKTYPE
         'static' or 'dynamic' (default unless usedl=undef in config.sh). Should only be used to
         force static linking (also see linkext below).

       MAKE
         Variant of make you intend to run the generated Makefile with.  This parameter lets
         Makefile.PL know what make quirks to account for when generating the Makefile.

         MakeMaker also honors the MAKE environment variable.  This parameter takes precedent.

         Currently the only significant values are 'dmake' and 'nmake' for Windows users.

         Defaults to $Config{make}.

       MAKEAPERL
         Boolean which tells MakeMaker, that it should include the rules to make a perl. This is
         handled automatically as a switch by MakeMaker. The user normally does not need it.

       MAKEFILE_OLD
         When 'make clean' or similar is run, the $(FIRST_MAKEFILE) will be backed up at this
         location.

         Defaults to $(FIRST_MAKEFILE).old or $(FIRST_MAKEFILE)_old on VMS.

       MAN1PODS
         Hashref of pod-containing files. MakeMaker will default this to all EXE_FILES files that
         include POD directives. The files listed here will be converted to man pages and
         installed as was requested at Configure time.

       MAN3PODS
         Hashref that assigns to *.pm and *.pod files the files into which the manpages are to be
         written. MakeMaker parses all *.pod and *.pm files for POD directives. Files that con-
         tain POD will be the default keys of the MAN3PODS hashref. These will then be converted
         to man pages during "make" and will be installed during "make install".

       MAP_TARGET
         If it is intended, that a new perl binary be produced, this variable may hold a name for
         that binary. Defaults to perl

       META_ADD
       META_MERGE
         A hashrefs of items to add to the META.yml.

         They differ in how they behave if they have the same key as the default metadata.
         META_ADD will override the default value with it's own.  META_MERGE will merge its value
         with the default.

         Unless you want to override the defaults, prefer META_MERGE so as to get the advantage
         of any future defaults.

       MIN_PERL_VERSION
         The minimum required version of Perl for this distribution.

         Either 5.006001 or 5.6.1 format is acceptable.

       MYEXTLIB
         If the extension links to a library that it builds set this to the name of the library
         (see SDBM_File)

       NAME
         Perl module name for this extension (DBD::Oracle). This will default to the directory
         name but should be explicitly defined in the Makefile.PL.

       NEEDS_LINKING
         MakeMaker will figure out if an extension contains linkable code anywhere down the
         directory tree, and will set this variable accordingly, but you can speed it up a very
         little bit if you define this boolean variable yourself.

       NOECHO
         Command so make does not print the literal commands its running.

         By setting it to an empty string you can generate a Makefile that prints all commands.
         Mainly used in debugging MakeMaker itself.

         Defaults to "@".

       NORECURS
         Boolean.  Attribute to inhibit descending into subdirectories.

       NO_META
         When true, suppresses the generation and addition to the MANIFEST of the META.yml module
         meta-data file during 'make distdir'.

         Defaults to false.

       NO_VC
         In general, any generated Makefile checks for the current version of MakeMaker and the
         version the Makefile was built under. If NO_VC is set, the version check is neglected.
         Do not write this into your Makefile.PL, use it interactively instead.

       OBJECT
         List of object files, defaults to '$(BASEEXT)$(OBJ_EXT)', but can be a long string con-
         taining all object files, e.g. "tkpBind.o tkpButton.o tkpCanvas.o"

         (Where BASEEXT is the last component of NAME, and OBJ_EXT is $Config{obj_ext}.)

       OPTIMIZE
         Defaults to "-O". Set it to "-g" to turn debugging on. The flag is passed to subdirec-
         tory makes.

       PERL
         Perl binary for tasks that can be done by miniperl

       PERL_CORE
         Set only when MakeMaker is building the extensions of the Perl core distribution.

       PERLMAINCC
         The call to the program that is able to compile perlmain.c. Defaults to $(CC).

       PERL_ARCHLIB
         Same as for PERL_LIB, but for architecture dependent files.

         Used only when MakeMaker is building the extensions of the Perl core distribution
         (because normally $(PERL_ARCHLIB) is automatically in @INC, and adding it would get in
         the way of PERL5LIB).

       PERL_LIB
         Directory containing the Perl library to use.

         Used only when MakeMaker is building the extensions of the Perl core distribution
         (because normally $(PERL_LIB) is automatically in @INC, and adding it would get in the
         way of PERL5LIB).

       PERL_MALLOC_OK
         defaults to 0.  Should be set to TRUE if the extension can work with the memory alloca-
         tion routines substituted by the Perl malloc() subsystem.  This should be applicable to
         most extensions with exceptions of those

         *   with bugs in memory allocations which are caught by Perl's malloc();

         *   which interact with the memory allocator in other ways than via malloc(), realloc(),
             free(), calloc(), sbrk() and brk();

         *   which rely on special alignment which is not provided by Perl's malloc().

         NOTE.  Negligence to set this flag in any one of loaded extension nullifies many advan-
         tages of Perl's malloc(), such as better usage of system resources, error detection,
         memory usage reporting, catchable failure of memory allocations, etc.

       PERLPREFIX
         Directory under which core modules are to be installed.

         Defaults to $Config{installprefixexp} falling back to $Config{installprefix}, $Con-
         fig{prefixexp} or $Config{prefix} should $Config{installprefixexp} not exist.

         Overridden by PREFIX.

       PERLRUN
         Use this instead of $(PERL) when you wish to run perl.  It will set up extra necessary
         flags for you.

       PERLRUNINST
         Use this instead of $(PERL) when you wish to run perl to work with modules.  It will add
         things like -I$(INST_ARCH) and other necessary flags so perl can see the modules you're
         about to install.

       PERL_SRC
         Directory containing the Perl source code (use of this should be avoided, it may be
         undefined)

       PERM_RW
         Desired permission for read/writable files. Defaults to 644.  See also "perm_rw" in
         MM_Unix.

       PERM_RWX
         Desired permission for executable files. Defaults to 755.  See also "perm_rwx" in
         MM_Unix.

       PL_FILES
         MakeMaker can run programs to generate files for you at build time.  By default any file
         named *.PL (except Makefile.PL and Build.PL) in the top level directory will be assumed
         to be a Perl program and run passing its own basename in as an argument.  For example...

             perl foo.PL foo

         This behavior can be overridden by supplying your own set of files to search.  PL_FILES
         accepts a hash ref, the key being the file to run and the value is passed in as the
         first argument when the PL file is run.

             PL_FILES => {'bin/foobar.PL' => 'bin/foobar'}

         Would run bin/foobar.PL like this:

             perl bin/foobar.PL bin/foobar

         If multiple files from one program are desired an array ref can be used.

             PL_FILES => {'bin/foobar.PL' => [qw(bin/foobar1 bin/foobar2)]}

         In this case the program will be run multiple times using each target file.

             perl bin/foobar.PL bin/foobar1
             perl bin/foobar.PL bin/foobar2

         PL files are normally run after pm_to_blib and include INST_LIB and INST_ARCH in its
         @INC so the just built modules can be accessed... unless the PL file is making a module
         (or anything else in PM) in which case it is run before pm_to_blib and does not include
         INST_LIB and INST_ARCH in its @INC.  This apparently odd behavior is there for backwards
         compatibility (and its somewhat DWIM).

       PM
         Hashref of .pm files and *.pl files to be installed.  e.g.

           {'name_of_file.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/install_as.pm'}

         By default this will include *.pm and *.pl and the files found in the PMLIBDIRS directo-
         ries.  Defining PM in the Makefile.PL will override PMLIBDIRS.

       PMLIBDIRS
         Ref to array of subdirectories containing library files.  Defaults to [ 'lib', $(BASE-
         EXT) ]. The directories will be scanned and any files they contain will be installed in
         the corresponding location in the library.  A libscan() method can be used to alter the
         behaviour.  Defining PM in the Makefile.PL will override PMLIBDIRS.

         (Where BASEEXT is the last component of NAME.)

       PM_FILTER
         A filter program, in the traditional Unix sense (input from stdin, output to stdout)
         that is passed on each .pm file during the build (in the pm_to_blib() phase).  It is
         empty by default, meaning no filtering is done.

         Great care is necessary when defining the command if quoting needs to be done.  For
         instance, you would need to say:

           {'PM_FILTER' => 'grep -v \\"^\\#\\"'}

         to remove all the leading comments on the fly during the build.  The extra \\ are neces-
         sary, unfortunately, because this variable is interpolated within the context of a Perl
         program built on the command line, and double quotes are what is used with the -e switch
         to build that command line.  The # is escaped for the Makefile, since what is going to
         be generated will then be:

           PM_FILTER = grep -v \"^\#\"

         Without the \\ before the #, we'd have the start of a Makefile comment, and the macro
         would be incorrectly defined.

       POLLUTE
         Release 5.005 grandfathered old global symbol names by providing preprocessor macros for
         extension source compatibility.  As of release 5.6, these preprocessor definitions are
         not available by default.  The POLLUTE flag specifies that the old names should still be
         defined:

           perl Makefile.PL POLLUTE=1

         Please inform the module author if this is necessary to successfully install a module
         under 5.6 or later.

       PPM_INSTALL_EXEC
         Name of the executable used to run "PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT" below. (e.g. perl)

       PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT
         Name of the script that gets executed by the Perl Package Manager after the installation
         of a package.

       PREFIX
         This overrides all the default install locations.  Man pages, libraries, scripts, etc...
         MakeMaker will try to make an educated guess about where to place things under the new
         PREFIX based on your Config defaults.  Failing that, it will fall back to a structure
         which should be sensible for your platform.

         If you specify LIB or any INSTALL* variables they will not be effected by the PREFIX.

       PREREQ_FATAL
         Bool. If this parameter is true, failing to have the required modules (or the right ver-
         sions thereof) will be fatal. "perl Makefile.PL" will "die" instead of simply informing
         the user of the missing dependencies.

         It is extremely rare to have to use "PREREQ_FATAL". Its use by module authors is
         strongly discouraged and should never be used lightly.  Module installation tools have
         ways of resolving umet dependencies but to do that they need a Makefile.  Using "PRE-
         REQ_FATAL" breaks this.  That's bad.

         The only situation where it is appropriate is when you have dependencies that are indis-
         pensible to actually write a Makefile. For example, MakeMaker's Makefile.PL needs
         File::Spec.  If its not available it cannot write the Makefile.

         Note: see Test::Harness for a shortcut for stopping tests early if you are missing
         dependencies and are afraid that users might use your module with an incomplete environ-
         ment.

       PREREQ_PM
         Hashref: Names of modules that need to be available to run this extension (e.g. Fcntl
         for SDBM_File) are the keys of the hash and the desired version is the value. If the
         required version number is 0, we only check if any version is installed already.

       PREREQ_PRINT
         Bool.  If this parameter is true, the prerequisites will be printed to stdout and Make-
         Maker will exit.  The output format is an evalable hash ref.

           $PREREQ_PM = {
                          'A::B' => Vers1,
                          'C::D' => Vers2,
                          ...
                        };

         If a distribution defines a minimal required perl version, this is added to the output
         as an additional line of the form:

           $MIN_PERL_VERSION = '5.008001';

       PRINT_PREREQ
         RedHatism for "PREREQ_PRINT".  The output format is different, though:

             perl(A::B)>=Vers1 perl(C::D)>=Vers2 ...

         A minimal required perl version, if present, will look like this:

             perl(perl)>=5.008001

       SITEPREFIX
         Like PERLPREFIX, but only for the site install locations.

         Defaults to $Config{siteprefixexp}.  Perls prior to 5.6.0 didn't have an explicit
         siteprefix in the Config.  In those cases $Config{installprefix} will be used.

         Overridable by PREFIX

       SIGN
         When true, perform the generation and addition to the MANIFEST of the SIGNATURE file in
         the distdir during 'make distdir', via 'cpansign -s'.

         Note that you need to install the Module::Signature module to perform this operation.

         Defaults to false.

       SKIP
         Arrayref. E.g. [qw(name1 name2)] skip (do not write) sections of the Makefile. Caution!
         Do not use the SKIP attribute for the negligible speedup. It may seriously damage the
         resulting Makefile. Only use it if you really need it.

       TYPEMAPS
         Ref to array of typemap file names.  Use this when the typemaps are in some directory
         other than the current directory or when they are not named typemap.  The last typemap
         in the list takes precedence.  A typemap in the current directory has highest prece-
         dence, even if it isn't listed in TYPEMAPS.  The default system typemap has lowest
         precedence.

       VENDORPREFIX
         Like PERLPREFIX, but only for the vendor install locations.

         Defaults to $Config{vendorprefixexp}.

         Overridable by PREFIX

       VERBINST
         If true, make install will be verbose

       VERSION
         Your version number for distributing the package.  This defaults to 0.1.

       VERSION_FROM
         Instead of specifying the VERSION in the Makefile.PL you can let MakeMaker parse a file
         to determine the version number. The parsing routine requires that the file named by
         VERSION_FROM contains one single line to compute the version number. The first line in
         the file that contains the regular expression

             /([\$*])(([\w\:\']*)\bVERSION)\b.*\=/

         will be evaluated with eval() and the value of the named variable after the eval() will
         be assigned to the VERSION attribute of the MakeMaker object. The following lines will
         be parsed o.k.:

             $VERSION   = '1.00';
             *VERSION   = \'1.01';
             ($VERSION) = q$Revision$ =~ /(\d+)/g;
             $FOO::VERSION = '1.10';
             *FOO::VERSION = \'1.11';

         but these will fail:

             # Bad
             my $VERSION         = '1.01';
             local $VERSION      = '1.02';
             local $FOO::VERSION = '1.30';

         "Version strings" are incompatible should not be used.

             # Bad
             $VERSION = 1.2.3;
             $VERSION = v1.2.3;

         version objects are fine.  As of MakeMaker 6.35 version.pm will be automatically loaded,
         but you must declare the dependency on version.pm.  For compatibility with older Make-
         Maker you should load on the same line as $VERSION is declared.

             # All on one line
             use version; our $VERSION = qv(1.2.3);

         (Putting "my" or "local" on the preceding line will work o.k.)

         The file named in VERSION_FROM is not added as a dependency to Makefile. This is not
         really correct, but it would be a major pain during development to have to rewrite the
         Makefile for any smallish change in that file. If you want to make sure that the
         Makefile contains the correct VERSION macro after any change of the file, you would have
         to do something like

             depend => { Makefile => '$(VERSION_FROM)' }

         See attribute "depend" below.

       VERSION_SYM
         A sanitized VERSION with . replaced by _.  For places where . has special meaning (some
         filesystems, RCS labels, etc...)

       XS
         Hashref of .xs files. MakeMaker will default this.  e.g.

           {'name_of_file.xs' => 'name_of_file.c'}

         The .c files will automatically be included in the list of files deleted by a make
         clean.

       XSOPT
         String of options to pass to xsubpp.  This might include "-C++" or "-extern".  Do not
         include typemaps here; the TYPEMAP parameter exists for that purpose.

       XSPROTOARG
         May be set to an empty string, which is identical to "-prototypes", or "-noprototypes".
         See the xsubpp documentation for details. MakeMaker defaults to the empty string.

       XS_VERSION
         Your version number for the .xs file of this package.  This defaults to the value of the
         VERSION attribute.

       Additional lowercase attributes

       can be used to pass parameters to the methods which implement that part of the Makefile.
       Parameters are specified as a hash ref but are passed to the method as a hash.

       clean
           {FILES => "*.xyz foo"}

       depend
           {ANY_TARGET => ANY_DEPENDENCY, ...}

         (ANY_TARGET must not be given a double-colon rule by MakeMaker.)

       dist
           {TARFLAGS => 'cvfF', COMPRESS => 'gzip', SUFFIX => '.gz',
           SHAR => 'shar -m', DIST_CP => 'ln', ZIP => '/bin/zip',
           ZIPFLAGS => '-rl', DIST_DEFAULT => 'private tardist' }

         If you specify COMPRESS, then SUFFIX should also be altered, as it is needed to tell
         make the target file of the compression. Setting DIST_CP to ln can be useful, if you
         need to preserve the timestamps on your files. DIST_CP can take the values 'cp', which
         copies the file, 'ln', which links the file, and 'best' which copies symbolic links and
         links the rest. Default is 'best'.

       dynamic_lib
           {ARMAYBE => 'ar', OTHERLDFLAGS => '...', INST_DYNAMIC_DEP => '...'}

       linkext
           {LINKTYPE => 'static', 'dynamic' or ''}

         NB: Extensions that have nothing but *.pm files had to say

           {LINKTYPE => ''}

         with Pre-5.0 MakeMakers. Since version 5.00 of MakeMaker such a line can be deleted
         safely. MakeMaker recognizes when there's nothing to be linked.

       macro
           {ANY_MACRO => ANY_VALUE, ...}

       postamble
         Anything put here will be passed to MY::postamble() if you have one.

       realclean
           {FILES => '$(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/*.xyz'}

       test
           {TESTS => 't/*.t'}

       tool_autosplit
           {MAXLEN => 8}

       Overriding MakeMaker Methods

       If you cannot achieve the desired Makefile behaviour by specifying attributes you may
       define private subroutines in the Makefile.PL.  Each subroutine returns the text it wishes
       to have written to the Makefile. To override a section of the Makefile you can either say:

               sub MY::c_o { "new literal text" }

       or you can edit the default by saying something like:

               package MY; # so that "SUPER" works right
               sub c_o {
                   my $inherited = shift->SUPER::c_o(@_);
                   $inherited =~ s/old text/new text/;
                   $inherited;
               }

       If you are running experiments with embedding perl as a library into other applications,
       you might find MakeMaker is not sufficient. You'd better have a look at ExtUtils::Embed
       which is a collection of utilities for embedding.

       If you still need a different solution, try to develop another subroutine that fits your
       needs and submit the diffs to ""

       For a complete description of all MakeMaker methods see ExtUtils::MM_Unix.

       Here is a simple example of how to add a new target to the generated Makefile:

           sub MY::postamble {
               return <<'MAKE_FRAG';
           $(MYEXTLIB): sdbm/Makefile
                   cd sdbm && $(MAKE) all

           MAKE_FRAG
           }

       The End Of Cargo Cult Programming

       WriteMakefile() now does some basic sanity checks on its parameters to protect against
       typos and malformatted values.  This means some things which happened to work in the past
       will now throw warnings and possibly produce internal errors.

       Some of the most common mistakes:

       "MAN3PODS => ' '"
         This is commonly used to suppress the creation of man pages.  MAN3PODS takes a hash ref
         not a string, but the above worked by accident in old versions of MakeMaker.

         The correct code is "MAN3PODS => { }".

       Hintsfile support

       MakeMaker.pm uses the architecture specific information from Config.pm. In addition it
       evaluates architecture specific hints files in a "hints/" directory. The hints files are
       expected to be named like their counterparts in "PERL_SRC/hints", but with an ".pl" file
       name extension (eg. "next_3_2.pl"). They are simply "eval"ed by MakeMaker within the
       WriteMakefile() subroutine, and can be used to execute commands as well as to include spe-
       cial variables. The rules which hintsfile is chosen are the same as in Configure.

       The hintsfile is eval()ed immediately after the arguments given to WriteMakefile are
       stuffed into a hash reference $self but before this reference becomes blessed. So if you
       want to do the equivalent to override or create an attribute you would say something like

           $self->{LIBS} = ['-ldbm -lucb -lc'];

       Distribution Support

       For authors of extensions MakeMaker provides several Makefile targets. Most of the support
       comes from the ExtUtils::Manifest module, where additional documentation can be found.

       make distcheck
           reports which files are below the build directory but not in the MANIFEST file and
           vice versa. (See ExtUtils::Manifest::fullcheck() for details)

       make skipcheck
           reports which files are skipped due to the entries in the "MANIFEST.SKIP" file (See
           ExtUtils::Manifest::skipcheck() for details)

       make distclean
           does a realclean first and then the distcheck. Note that this is not needed to build a
           new distribution as long as you are sure that the MANIFEST file is ok.

       make manifest
           rewrites the MANIFEST file, adding all remaining files found (See ExtUtils::Mani-
           fest::mkmanifest() for details)

       make distdir
           Copies all the files that are in the MANIFEST file to a newly created directory with
           the name "$(DISTNAME)-$(VERSION)". If that directory exists, it will be removed first.

           Additionally, it will create a META.yml module meta-data file in the distdir and add
           this to the distdir's MANIFEST.  You can shut this behavior off with the NO_META flag.

       make disttest
           Makes a distdir first, and runs a "perl Makefile.PL", a make, and a make test in that
           directory.

       make tardist
           First does a distdir. Then a command $(PREOP) which defaults to a null command, fol-
           lowed by $(TO_UNIX), which defaults to a null command under UNIX, and will convert
           files in distribution directory to UNIX format otherwise. Next it runs "tar" on that
           directory into a tarfile and deletes the directory. Finishes with a command $(POSTOP)
           which defaults to a null command.

       make dist
           Defaults to $(DIST_DEFAULT) which in turn defaults to tardist.

       make uutardist
           Runs a tardist first and uuencodes the tarfile.

       make shdist
           First does a distdir. Then a command $(PREOP) which defaults to a null command. Next
           it runs "shar" on that directory into a sharfile and deletes the intermediate direc-
           tory again. Finishes with a command $(POSTOP) which defaults to a null command.  Note:
           For shdist to work properly a "shar" program that can handle directories is mandatory.

       make zipdist
           First does a distdir. Then a command $(PREOP) which defaults to a null command. Runs
           "$(ZIP) $(ZIPFLAGS)" on that directory into a zipfile. Then deletes that directory.
           Finishes with a command $(POSTOP) which defaults to a null command.

       make ci
           Does a $(CI) and a $(RCS_LABEL) on all files in the MANIFEST file.

       Customization of the dist targets can be done by specifying a hash reference to the dist
       attribute of the WriteMakefile call. The following parameters are recognized:

           CI           ('ci -u')
           COMPRESS     ('gzip --best')
           POSTOP       ('@ :')
           PREOP        ('@ :')
           TO_UNIX      (depends on the system)
           RCS_LABEL    ('rcs -q -Nv$(VERSION_SYM):')
           SHAR         ('shar')
           SUFFIX       ('.gz')
           TAR          ('tar')
           TARFLAGS     ('cvf')
           ZIP          ('zip')
           ZIPFLAGS     ('-r')

       An example:

           WriteMakefile( 'dist' => { COMPRESS=>"bzip2", SUFFIX=>".bz2" })

       Module Meta-Data

       Long plaguing users of MakeMaker based modules has been the problem of getting basic
       information about the module out of the sources without running the Makefile.PL and doing
       a bunch of messy heuristics on the resulting Makefile.  To this end a simple module meta-
       data file has been introduced, META.yml.

       META.yml is a YAML document (see http://www.yaml.org) containing basic information about
       the module (name, version, prerequisites...)  in an easy to read format.  The format is
       developed and defined by the Module::Build developers (see http://module-build.source-
       forge.net/META-spec.html)

       MakeMaker will automatically generate a META.yml file for you and add it to your MANIFEST
       as part of the 'distdir' target (and thus the 'dist' target).  This is intended to seam-
       lessly and rapidly populate CPAN with module meta-data.  If you wish to shut this feature
       off, set the "NO_META" "WriteMakefile()" flag to true.

       Disabling an extension

       If some events detected in Makefile.PL imply that there is no way to create the Module,
       but this is a normal state of things, then you can create a Makefile which does nothing,
       but succeeds on all the "usual" build targets.  To do so, use

           use ExtUtils::MakeMaker qw(WriteEmptyMakefile);
           WriteEmptyMakefile();

       instead of WriteMakefile().

       This may be useful if other modules expect this module to be built OK, as opposed to work
       OK (say, this system-dependent module builds in a subdirectory of some other distribution,
       or is listed as a dependency in a CPAN::Bundle, but the functionality is supported by dif-
       ferent means on the current architecture).

       Other Handy Functions


       prompt
               my $value = prompt($message);
               my $value = prompt($message, $default);

           The "prompt()" function provides an easy way to request user input used to write a
           makefile.  It displays the $message as a prompt for input.  If a $default is provided
           it will be used as a default.  The function returns the $value selected by the user.

           If "prompt()" detects that it is not running interactively and there is nothing on
           STDIN or if the PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT environment variable is set to true, the $default
           will be used without prompting.  This prevents automated processes from blocking on
           user input.

           If no $default is provided an empty string will be used instead.

ENVIRONMENT
       PERL_MM_OPT
           Command line options used by "MakeMaker->new()", and thus by "WriteMakefile()".  The
           string is split on whitespace, and the result is processed before any actual command
           line arguments are processed.

       PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT
           If set to a true value then MakeMaker's prompt function will always return the default
           without waiting for user input.

       PERL_CORE
           Same as the PERL_CORE parameter.  The parameter overrides this.

SEE ALSO
       Module::Build is a pure-Perl alternative to MakeMaker which does not rely on make or any
       other external utility.  It is easier to extend to suit your needs.

       Module::Install is a wrapper around MakeMaker which adds features not normally available.

       ExtUtils::ModuleMaker and Module::Starter are both modules to help you setup your distri-
       bution.

AUTHORS
       Andy Dougherty "", Andreas Koenig "", Tim
       Bunce "".  VMS support by Charles Bailey "".  OS/2
       support by Ilya Zakharevich "".

       Currently maintained by Michael G Schwern ""

       Send patches and ideas to "".

       Send bug reports via http://rt.cpan.org/.  Please send your generated Makefile along with
       your report.

       For more up-to-date information, see <http://www.makemaker.org>.

LICENSE
       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

       See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>



perl v5.8.8                                 2008-10-20                     ExtUtils::MakeMaker(3)