1ExtUtils::MM::Utils(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentationExtUtils::MM::Utils(3)
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NAME

6       ExtUtils::MM::Utils - ExtUtils::MM methods without dependency on
7       ExtUtils::MakeMaker
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SYNOPSIS

10           require ExtUtils::MM::Utils;
11           MM->maybe_command($file);
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DESCRIPTION

14       This is a collection of ExtUtils::MM subroutines that are used by many
15       other modules but that do not need full-featured ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
16       The issue with ExtUtils::MakeMaker is it pulls in Perl header files and
17       that is an overkill for small subroutines.
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19       An example is the IPC::Cmd that caused installing GCC just because of
20       three-line maybe_command() from ExtUtils::MM_Unix.
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22       The intentions is to use ExtUtils::MM::Utils instead of
23       ExtUtils::MakeMaker for these trivial methods. You can still call them
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METHODS

27       maybe_command
28           Returns true, if the argument is likely to be a command.
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BUGS

31       These methods are copied from ExtUtils::MM_Unix. Other operating
32       systems are not supported yet. The reason is this a hack for Linux
33       distributions <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129443>.
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SEE ALSO

36       ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::MM
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