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ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3)


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.

  find_tests
      The Win9x shell does not expand globs and I'll play it safe and assume
      other Windows variants don't either.

      So we do it for them.

  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 (o)
      Add MM_Win32_VERSION.

  platform_constants (o)
  special_targets (o)
      Add .USESHELL target for dmake.

  static_lib (o)
      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 (o)
      Complicated stuff for Win32 that I don't understand. :(

  clean
      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 (o)
      This target is stubbed out.  Not sure why.

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

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

  max_exec_len
      nmake 1.50 limits command length to 2048 characters.

  os_flavor
      Windows is Win32.

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