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ExtUtils::MM_MacOS(3)


NAME

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


SYNOPSIS

   use ExtUtils::MM_MacOS; # Done internally by ExtUtils::MakeMaker if needed


DESCRIPTION

  MM_MacOS currently only produces an approximation to the correct Makefile.

  maybe_command
      Returns true, if the argument is likely to be a command.

  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.

  macify
      Translate relative Unix filepaths into Mac names.

  patternify
      Translate Unix filepaths and shell globs to Mac style.

  init_main
      Initializes some of NAME, FULLEXT, BASEEXT, DLBASE, PERL_SRC, PERL_LIB,
      PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_INC, INSTALLDIRS, INST_*, INSTALL*, PREFIX, CONFIG,
      AR, AR_STATIC_ARGS, LD, OBJ_EXT, LIB_EXT, MAP_TARGET, LIBPERL_A,
      VERSION_FROM, VERSION, DISTNAME, VERSION_SYM.

  init_others
      Initializes LDLOADLIBS, LIBS

  init_platform
      Add MACPERL_SRC MACPERL_LIB

  platform_constants
      Add MACPERL_SRC MACPERL_LIB MACLIBS_68K MACLIBS_PPC MACLIBS_SC
      MACLIBS_MRC MACLIBS_ALL_68K MACLIBS_ALL_PPC MACLIBS_SHARED

      XXX Few are initialized.	How many of these are ever used?

  init_dirscan
      Initializes DIR, XS, PM, C, O_FILES, H, PL_FILES, MAN*PODS, EXE_FILES.

  init_VERSION (o)
      Change DEFINE_VERSION and XS_DEFINE_VERSION

  special_targets (o)
      Add .INCLUDE

  static (o)
      Defines the static target.

  dlsyms (o)
      Used by MacOS to define DL_FUNCS and DL_VARS and write the *.exp files.

  dynamic (o)
      Defines the dynamic target.

  clean (o)
      Defines the clean target.

  clean_subdirs_target
      MacOS semantics for changing directories and checking for existence
      very different than everyone else.

  realclean (o)
      Defines the realclean target.

  realclean_subdirs_target
      MacOS semantics for changing directories and checking for existence
      very different than everyone else.

  rulez (o)
  processPL (o)
      Defines targets to run *.PL files.

  os_flavor
      MacOS Classic is MacOS and MacOS Classic.

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