ExtUti..._MacOS(3perl)

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💖 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS 💖

okay bestie, welcome to ExtUtils::MM_MacOS — the manual page for the module that once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic. yes, that's the whole personality now. it's giving retired icon. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ExtUtils::MM_MacOS — once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic 😭

(perl's own reference guide section, if you're keeping track. it's a 3perl page, iykyk.)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

# MM_MacOS no longer contains any code.  This is just a stub.

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. no flags, no args, no nothing. the vibe check came back empty and honestly? iconic. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

once upon a time — and i mean literally once upon a time, fairytale energy — MakeMaker could produce an approximation of a correct Makefile on MacOS Classic (MacPerl). like, it tried its best. it was doing its little thing. 🥺

but then: no maintainers. nobody was tending to it. so it fell out of sync with the rest of MakeMaker and hadn't worked in years. not a phase, not a bug, just... drift. 💀

and because:

  • there's little chance of it ever being repaired,
  • MacOS Classic is fading away (it's giving ghost of platforms past 👻), and
  • the code was icky to begin with (her words were "icky", bestie, we don't make the rules),

...the code has been deleted to make maintenance easier. gone. not deprecated, not hidden behind a flag — deleted deleted. periodt. ✨

⚠️ real talk: this file is a stub. there is no code in here. if you came looking for functionality, there is none to find. no cap.

so, hypothetically, if you're the kind of main character who wants to resurrect this file? the original instructions say: pull the old version from the MakeMaker CVS repository and contact makemaker@perl.org. like, actually email the humans. that's the whole resurrection ritual. 🌈

💜 one last thing, bc the manual says it and i refuse to skip it: the old version lives in the MakeMaker CVS repository. go get it there, not from this stub. this stub is a memorial plaque. 🎀

and that's the page, bestie! written against perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17, and it lives in the ExtUti..._MacOS(3perl) family of pages. slay, stay hydrated, and may your Makefiles never fall out of sync. 💖🌸🧚

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