CPAN::F...akeMaker(3)

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version 3.13 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 NAME 💖

CPAN::FindDependencies::MakeMaker — bestie, this one's whole job is retrieving dependencies specified in Makefile.PL's. That's it, that's the mission 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here's the tea 🍓 — dependencies don't only live in one place. They're also specified in Makefile.PL files used with the ExtUtils::MakeMaker module. That's the whole vibe.

🫶 FUNCTIONS 🫶

getreqs_from_mm

This one's the main character 👑. It expects the contents of a Makefile.PL as a string — like, hand it the text, not a filename, okay?

And it returns a hash reference of the form:

{
    Module::Name => 0.1,
    ...
    Last::Module => 9.0,
}

So you get back a hashref, module names on the left, version numbers on the right. Slay 💅

🔥 SECURITY 🔥

bestie. sit down. we need to talk 💀

This module assumes that its input is trustworthy and can be safely executed. Like, it just... runs it. That's the whole energy.

The only protection in place is that a vague attempt is made to catch a Makefile.PL that just sits there doing nothing — either if it's in a loop, or sitting at a prompt. And honestly? Even that can be defeated by an especially naughty person. So don't be handing it random untrusted code, fr fr 🙈

😭 BUGS/LIMITATIONS 😭

Makefile.PLs that have external dependencies/calls that can fatally die will not be able to be successfully parsed and then scanned for dependencies. Example? libwww-perl.5808. She dies, she can't be scanned. That's just how it is 🧚

🌈 SOURCE CODE REPOSITORY 🌈

<git://github.com/DrHyde/perl-modules-CPAN-FindDependencies.git>

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Copyright 2009 David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> — based largely on code by Ian Tegebo (see <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=34814>)

This software is free-as-in-speech software, and may be used, distributed, and modified under the terms of either the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or the Artistic Licence. It's up to you which one you use 🫶 The full text of the licences can be found in the files GPL2.txt and ARTISTIC.txt, respectively.

🎀 CONSPIRACY 🎀

This module is also free-as-in-mason software. 🧱✨ (iykyk)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this was perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and the manual you just read is CPAN::F...akeMaker(3) — mwah, take care of her 🎀💅

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