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6 Apache::TestMM - Provide MakeMaker Wrapper Methods
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9 require Apache::TestMM;
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11 # import MY::test and MY::clean overrides for MM
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18 Apache::TestMM::generate_script('t/TEST');
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21 "Apache::TestMM" provides wrappers for the "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" craft,
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31 Apache::TestMM->import(qw(test clean));
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33 Imports "MY::" overrides for the default "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" test and
34 clean targets, as if you have defined:
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39 in Makefile.PL. "Apache::TestMM" does this for you so that these
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46 WriteMakefile(...);
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56 The options can be set when Makefile.PL is called:
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58 % perl Makefile.PL -apxs /path/to/apxs
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66 Apache::TestMM::generate_script('t/TEST');
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72 %Apache::TestConfig::Argv = qw(apxs /path/to/apxs);
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74 which is going to be used by the "Apache::Test" runtime.
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76 The other frequently used options are: "-httpd", telling where to find
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80 "MaxClients" directive, "-port" to start the server on a specific port,
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92 "generate_script()" accepts the name of the script to generate and will
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