ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3p) | Perl Programmers Reference Guide | ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3p)

# 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
xs_dlsyms_ext
  On Win32, is ".def".
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, except for "gmake" where it is /.
init_tools
  Override some of the slower, portable commands with Windows specific ones.
init_others
  Override the default link and compile tools.

  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
specify_shell
  Set SHELL to $ENV{COMSPEC} only if make is type 'gmake'.
constants
  Add MAXLINELENGTH for dmake before all the constants are output.
special_targets
  Add .USESHELL target for dmake.
static_lib_pure_cmd
  Defines how to run the archive utility
dynamic_lib
  Methods are overridden here: not dynamic_lib itself, but the utility ones that do the OS-specific work.
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.
quote_dep
xs_obj_opt
  Override to fixup -o flags for MSVC.
pasthru
  All we send is -nologo to nmake to prevent it from printing its damned banner.
arch_check (override)
  Normalize all arguments for consistency of comparison.
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 dir1\dir2
          command
          another_command
          cd ..\..

max_exec_len
  nmake 1.50 limits command length to 2048 characters.
os_flavor
  Windows is Win32.
dbgoutflag
  Returns a CC flag that tells the CC to emit a separate debugging symbol file when compiling an object file.
cflags
  Defines the PERLDLL symbol if we are configured for static building since all code destined for the perl5xx.dll must be compiled with the PERLDLL symbol defined.
make_type
  Returns a suitable string describing the type of makefile being written.

2024-05-14 | perl v5.40.1