ExtUtils::MakeMaker::CPANfile - cpanfile support for EUMM
# Makefile.PL use ExtUtils::MakeMaker::CPANfile; WriteMakefile( NAME => 'Foo::Bar', AUTHOR => 'A.U.Thor <author@cpan.org>', ); # cpanfile requires 'ExtUtils::MakeMaker' => '6.17'; on test => sub { requires 'Test::More' => '0.88'; };
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::CPANfile loads cpanfile in your distribution and modifies parameters for WriteMakefile in your Makefile.PL. Just use it instead of ExtUtils::MakeMaker (which should be loaded internally), and prepare cpanfile.
cpanfile
WriteMakefile
As of version 0.03, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::CPANfile also removes WriteMakefile parameters that the installed version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker doesn't know, to avoid warnings.
As of this writing, complex version ranges are simply ignored.
Strictly speaking, cpanfile is a Perl script, and may have some conditions in it. That said, you don't need to run Makefile.PL to determine prerequisites in most cases. Hence, as of 0.06, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::CPANfile sets dynamic_config to false by default. If you do need a CPAN installer to run Makefile.PL to customize prerequisites dynamically, set dynamic_config to true explicitly (via META_ADD/META_MERGE).
dynamic_config
Though the minimum version requirement of ExtUtils::MakeMaker is arbitrary set to 6.17 (the one bundled in Perl 5.8.1), you need at least EUMM 6.52 (with CONFIGURE_REQUIRES support) when you release a distribution.
Copyright (C) Kenichi Ishigaki.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Kenichi Ishigaki <ishigaki@cpan.org>
To install ExtUtils::MakeMaker::CPANfile, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm ExtUtils::MakeMaker::CPANfile
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install ExtUtils::MakeMaker::CPANfile
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.