EXTUTILS::MM_WIN32(3pm)

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💖 ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3pm) 💖

okay bestie, we're in the Perl Programmers Reference Guide and this is the ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3pm) page — the Windows-flavored override situation for ExtUtils::MakeMaker. 🪟✨ It's giving "same methods, but make it Win32," and we're keeping every single deet. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ExtUtils::MM_Win32 — methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker. periodt. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bestie, the usage is literally this, no cap:

use ExtUtils::MM_Win32; # Done internally by ExtUtils::MakeMaker if needed

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so for actual docs on all the methods, go see ExtUtils::MM_Unix for a documentation of the methods provided there. This package overrides the implementation of these methods, not the semantics. Same semantics, different implementation, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

💅 Overridden methods 💅

  • dlsyms — overridden; the page doesn't add extra deets for this one. 🎀
  • xs_dlsyms_ext — on Win32, is .def. 🫶
  • replace_manpage_separator — changes the path separator with .. 🌀
  • maybe_command — since Windows has nothing as simple as an executable bit, we check the file extension. The PATHEXT env variable will be used to get a list of extensions that might indicate a command, otherwise .com, .exe, .bat and .cmd will be used by default. 💅
  • init_DIRFILESEP — using \ for Windows, except for "gmake" where it is /. 🪟
  • init_tools — override some of the slower, portable commands with Windows specific ones. ⚡
  • init_others — override the default link and compile tools. LDLOADLIBS's default is changed to $Config{libs}. Adjustments are made for Borland's quirks needing -L to come first. 😭
  • init_platform — add MM_Win32_VERSION. ✨
  • platform_constants — overridden; no extra deets here. 🎀
  • specify_shell — set SHELL to $ENV{COMSPEC} only if make is type 'gmake'. 🐚
  • constants — add MAXLINELENGTH for dmake before all the constants are output. 🔢
  • dep_constants — makes dependencies that work for nmake. 🛠️
  • special_targets — add .USESHELL target for dmake. 🎯
  • static_lib_pure_cmd — defines how to run the archive utility. 📦
  • dynamic_lib — methods are overridden here: not dynamic_lib itself, but the utility ones that do the OS-specific work. 🧰
  • extra_clean_files — clean out some extra dll.{base,exp} files which might be generated by gcc. Otherwise, take out all *.pdb files. 🧹
  • init_linker — overridden; no extra deets here. 🔗
  • perl_script — checks for the perl program under several common perl extensions. 🐪
  • quote_dep — overridden; no extra deets here. 🎀
  • xs_obj_opt — override to fixup -o flags for MSVC. 🛠️
  • pasthru — all we send is -nologo to nmake to prevent it from printing its damned banner. 😤
  • arch_check (override) — normalize all arguments for consistency of comparison. ⚖️
  • oneliner — these are based on what command.com does on Win98. They may be wrong for other Windows shells, I don't know. 🙈
  • cd — dmake can handle Unix style cd'ing but nmake (at least 1.5) cannot. It wants:
cd dir1\dir2
command
another_command
cd ..\..
  • max_exec_len — nmake 1.50 limits command length to 2048 characters. 📏
  • os_flavor — Windows is Win32. 🪟
  • dbgoutflag — returns a CC flag that tells the CC to emit a separate debugging symbol file when compiling an object file. 🐞
  • cflags — defines the PERLDLL symbol if we are configured for static building since all code destined for the perl5xx.dll must be compiled with the PERLDLL symbol defined. 🏗️
  • make_type — returns a suitable string describing the type of makefile being written. 📝

💌 final sign-off, bestie: source/version is perl v5.42.3, date is 2026-11-03, and yes this is ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3pm) — slay. 💅

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