This is the ExtUtils::MakeMaker Perl module which adds functionality

to Perl.  It is a newer version of a module which comes with Perl by

default.

Please report any bugs via http://rt.cpan.org.

Send questions and discussion to makemaker@perl.org

REQUIREMENTS

    * Perl 5.6.0 or newer

    * make

      * Windows can use nmake or dmake

        * Some Perls, such as Strawberry Perl, come with dmake

        * dmake http://search.cpan.org/dist/dmake/

        * nmake ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe

      * Unix (Linux, OS X, Cygwin, etc...) can use GNU make, BSD make...

        most any Unix make.

      * VMS can use MMS or MMK

        * MMK http://www.madgoat.com/mmk.html

TO INSTALL

For all users on most Unix systems:

    perl Makefile.PL

    make

    make test

    sudo make install

For all users on most Windows systems:

    perl Makefile.PL

    dmake

    dmake test

    dmake install

For just you:

    perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=~

    make

    make test

    make install

Run "perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker" while in this source directory for

more instructions.

We recommend against installing into a path with a space or other

special character in the name (such as C:\Program Files on Windows).

SPECIAL NOTE TO PACKAGERS

ExtUtils::MakeMaker is designed to have no dependencies which don't

ship with Perl (except make).  In reality, it does, so it ships with

copies of these modules.  They only install if newer versions of those

modules aren't already installed.

That these dependencies are undeclared in order to avoid confusing the

normal CPAN source installation process.  A naive packaging of

MakeMaker will incorrectly include these other modules in the

ExtUtils-MakeMaker package.

ExtUtils-Install, ExtUtils-Manifest and ExtUtils-Command should be

shipped as *separate packages* from ExtUtils-MakeMaker.  They have

their own releases and schedules.

Packagers should:

1. Delete the inc/ directory which contains those dependencies before

   packaging ExtUtils-MakeMaker.  This will prevent them from becoming

   part of the MakeMaker package.

2. Insert runtime dependencies upon ExtUtils-Install,

   ExtUtils-Manifest and ExtUtils-Command.  Check

   inc/ExtUtils/Install.pm, inc/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm and

   inc/ExtUtils/Command.pm for their current versions.