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ExtUtils::MM_Any(3)


NAME

  ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform agnostic MM methods


SYNOPSIS

    FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY!

    package ExtUtils::MM_SomeOS;

    # Temporarily, you have to subclass both.  Put MM_Any first.
    require ExtUtils::MM_Any;
    require ExtUtils::MM_Unix;
    @ISA = qw(ExtUtils::MM_Any ExtUtils::Unix);


DESCRIPTION

  FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY!

  ExtUtils::MM_Any is a superclass for the ExtUtils::MM_* set of modules.  It
  contains methods which are either inherently cross-platform or are written
  in a cross-platform manner.

  Subclass off of ExtUtils::MM_Any and ExtUtils::MM_Unix.  This is a
  temporary solution.

  THIS MAY BE TEMPORARY!


Inherently Cross-Platform Methods

  These are methods which are by their nature cross-platform and should
  always be cross-platform.

  File::Spec wrappers  DEPRECATED

  The following methods are deprecated wrappers around File::Spec functions.
  They exist from before File::Spec did and in fact are from which File::Spec
  sprang.

  They are all deprecated.  Please use File::Spec directly.

  canonpath
  catdir
  catfile
  curdir
  file_name_is_absolute
  path
  rootdir
  updir


Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods

  These are methods which are thought to be cross-platform by virtue of
  having been written in a way to avoid incompatibilities.

  test_via_harness
	my $command = $mm->test_via_harness($perl, $tests);

      Returns a $command line which runs the given set of $tests with
      Test::Harness and the given $perl.

      Used on the t/*.t files.

  test_via_script
	my $command = $mm->test_via_script($perl, $script);

      Returns a $command line which just runs a single test without
      Test::Harness.  No checks are done on the results, they're just
      printed.

      Used for test.pl, since they don't always follow Test::Harness
      formatting.


AUTHOR

  Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> with code from ExtUtils::MM_Unix and
  ExtUtils::MM_Win32.

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