MY::postamble is a fixed name? Both the class MY and the postamble name are fixed? I tried different names and it always complains: dmake: Error: -- Don't know how to make `customname' Cannot the creation of the Readme integrated inside make dist or other similar steps?

MY::postamble is a fixed name. But the target name inside that postamble is not fixed, and there can actually be more than one.

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sub MY::postamble  {
    return <<'MAKE_README';
postamble ::
    $(PERLRUN) -MPod::Text \
    -e "Pod::Text->new (sentence => 1, width => 78)->parse_from_file( 
+qw( $(TO_INST_PM) Readme) );"

another_target ::
    $(PERLRUN) -MPod::Text \
    -e "Pod::Text->new (sentence => 1, width => 78)->parse_from_file( 
+qw( $(TO_INST_PM) Readme) );"

third ::
    $(PERLRUN) -MPod::Text \
    -e "Pod::Text->new (sentence => 1, width => 78)->parse_from_file( 
+qw( $(TO_INST_PM) Readme) );"

MAKE_README
}

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... will create three new targets, all of which do the same thing (as written), with dmake postamble, dmake another_target, and dmake third.

See Win32::Mechanize::NotepadPlusPlus::Makefile.PL for an example of a bunch of extra targets, including ones to extract the README and LICENSE automagically from the POD.

edit: finished the last sentence; thanks hippo :/edit

edit2: replaced leading spaces with tabs to make it more portable; the actual commands listed were just copy/pasted from OP, and I didn't test/confirm; for known-working examples, see the linked Makefile.PL :/edit2

edit3: fixed per Re^2: let Makefile.PL to do the Readme file for me -- new target?; left original in spoiler for context :/edit3

In reply to Re: let Makefile.PL to do the Readme file for me -- new target? by pryrt
in thread let Makefile.PL to do the Readme file for me -- new target? by Discipulus

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