EXTUTILS::MM_DOS(3perl)

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💾 ExtUtils::MM_DOS — the DOS glow-up of ExtUtils::MM_Unix

okay bestie, so this is ExtUtils::MM_DOS, a page from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, manual section 3perl. it's giving very niche, very powerful, very DOS. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ExtUtils::MM_DOS — the DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix. like, it's literally the DOS-flavoured sibling, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

  Don't use this module directly.
  Use ExtUtils::MM and let it choose.

okay so real talk: do not come for this module directly, bestie. that's not the vibe. You use ExtUtils::MM and let it pick which one you need. she's the main character, this one is the supporting cast. periodt. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So basically, this is a subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix and it's carrying all the functionality for DOS. it holds down the DOS corner of the MakeMaker multiverse 💖

Unless it says otherwise somewhere in here, it works exactly like ExtUtils::MM_Unix. same energy, same behaviour, just DOS-ified. iykyk. ✨

👑 Overridden methods 👑

these are the methods that got a little DOS remix. iconic behaviour honestly.

  • os_flavor — it's overridden here in this subclass, doing its OS-flavour thing for DOS. 🌈
  • replace_manpage_separator — this one generates man page names in the Foo__Bar.3 style. yes bestie, that double underscore is intentional, don't touch it, she's built different 💅
  • xs_static_lib_is_xs — also overridden in this subclass. she said "not the default version, we're doing it DOS-style". 💖

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> with code from ExtUtils::MM_Unix. king behaviour fr fr 👑

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

  • ExtUtils::MM_Unix
  • ExtUtils::MakeMaker

go read those next, they're the rest of the lore 📚✨

lowkey if you were about to use ExtUtils::MM_DOS directly... babe. no. 🙈 use ExtUtils::MM and let it choose, like the synopsis literally says. i'm just looking out for you 💖

that's a wrap on this one 🫶 this gorgeous page came from perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17, and it's the ExtUtils::MM_DOS(3perl) manual — thanks for reading, mwah 💋✨

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