CONTENTS

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION

#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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