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.