EXTUTILS::MM_MACOS(3pm)

💅 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS(3pm) — the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, bestie ✨

okay so real talk, this is the ExtUtils::MM_MacOS page from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, and honestly? it's giving memorial post 🕯️. Buckle up.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ExtUtils::MM_MacOS — once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic. that's it, that's the whole job, and it doesn't even do that anymore 😭

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

literally a husk. an empty shell. a vibe with no code inside 💀 copy that comment exactly, it's not a joke, it's a warning label.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay storytime, gather round 🎀

Once upon a time, MakeMaker could produce an approximation of a correct Makefile on MacOS Classic (MacPerl). yes, "approximation" — the original text says it, I'm not being shady, that's canon.

Then things got messy: due to a lack of maintainers, this fell out of sync with the rest of MakeMaker and hadn't worked in years. not "a little broken." not "quirky." hadn't worked in years 🙈

So the reasoning went: since there's little chance of it being repaired, MacOS Classic is fading away, and the code was icky to begin with, the code has been deleted to make maintenance easier. "icky" is the technical term, the upstream author said it, we respect it 💅

so if you're here looking for actual MacOS Classic Makefile generation — bestie, it's gone. the file is a stub. that's the whole tea. 🍵

Anyone interested in resurrecting this file should pull the old version from the MakeMaker CVS repository and contact makemaker@perl.org. yes, the CVS repository, that's not a typo, that's history 🏺 and yes, that's the actual address, go say hi if this is your hyperfixation 🫶

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and that's the page!! no options, no flags, no exit statuses, just a beautiful little archaeological site of a module 👑

this adorable time capsule is from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-11-03 — signed, sealed, and archived with love 💖🦋🌸