I'm working on a CPAN distribution that can work on Win32 and *nix. However, in order for it to work on Win32, it requires another CPAN distribution (module) that can only be installed on Win32. Th...

I have a 64-bit CentOS 6 system running a custom-built version of Perl 5.12.5, that is build for 32-bits. (Alas, this is because we are using the same RPMs for 32-bit and 64-bit systems.) When I b...

Given a Perl XS module using a C library, assume there is a Makefile.PL that is set up correctly so that all header and library locations, compiler and linker flags etc work correctly. Now, let's ...

Is there a way to have a custom Makefile target to be generated by ExtUtils::MakeMaker? Say, I'd like to do some specific things that only a developer is interested in, like running pod and regress...

PREREQ_PM specifies the runtime prerequisites, but how to specify which modules are required to run the test cases? Should I use BUILD_REQUIRES for this?

I've recently started learning XS using perlxstut and the tutorial suggests that I create my module using the old h2xs tool to create an ExtUtils::MakeMaker-based project. However for pure Perl pro...

When building a Perl module ExtUtils::MakeMaker uses the flags defined in Config.pm (see perldoc Config) for values such as ccflags and ldflags. How do I override theses values (short of editing t...

I'm trying to set up a large-ish project, written in Perl. The IBM MakeMaker tutorial has been very helpful so far, but I don't understand how to link all the modules into the main program. In my p...