I would like to see `perl make' one of these days, no need for make or nmake or dmake or whatever crazy make there is ;D

Make.pm?. I came across this beauty a couple of months ago. It comes with pmake, a perl replacement for make/nmake etc. But you can also use the module in your own install scripts.

Simon Flack ($code or die)
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