ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION

- Overridden methods

# 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.

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

  Add MM_Win32_VERSION.

platform_constants
special_targets

  Add .USESHELL target for dmake.

static_lib

  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

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

extra_clean_files

  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

  This target is stubbed out. Not sure why.

pasthru

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

oneliner

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

cd

  dmake can handle Unix style cd'ing but nmake (at least 1.5) cannot. It wants:

          cd dir
          command
          another_command
          cd ..

  NOTE This cd can only go one level down. So far this sufficient for what MakeMaker needs.

max_exec_len

  nmake 1.50 limits command length to 2048 characters.

os_flavor

  Windows is Win32.

ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker