Re: Why Makefile.PL is called Makefile.PL with capitalized .PL ?

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Re^2: Why Makefile.PL is called Makefile.PL with capitalized .PL ? by Anonymous Monk on Nov 15, 2010 at 23:32 UTC
ExtUtils::MakeMaker PL_FILES MakeMaker can run programs to generate files for you at build time. By default any file named .PL (except Makefile.PL and Build.PL) in the top level directory will be assumed to be a Perl program and run passing its own basename in as an argument. For example... PM Hashref of .pm files and .pl files to be installed. e.g. `{'name_of_file.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/install_as.pm'}` [download] By default this will include .pm and .pl and the files found in the PMLIBDIRS directories. Defining PM in the Makefile.PL will override PMLIBDIRS. PMLIBDIRS Ref to array of subdirectories containing library files. Defaults to `[ 'lib', $(BASEEXT) ]`. The directories will be scanned and any files they contain will be installed in the corresponding location in the library. A libscan() method can be used to alter the behaviour. Defining PM in the Makefile.PL will override PMLIBDIRS. `(Where BASEEXT is the last component of NAME.)` [download] Also, before perl had modules (.pm), libraries were .pl files, so *.pl files are assumed to be perl4 style compatibility modules	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: Why Makefile.PL is called Makefile.PL with capitalized .PL ?
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 15, 2010 at 23:32 UTC

ExtUtils::MakeMaker

PL_FILES

MakeMaker can run programs to generate files for you at build time. By default any file named *.PL (except Makefile.PL and Build.PL) in the top level directory will be assumed to be a Perl program and run passing its own basename in as an argument. For example...

Hashref of .pm files and *.pl files to be installed. e.g.

      {'name_of_file.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/install_as.pm'}
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By default this will include *.pm and *.pl and the files found in the PMLIBDIRS directories. Defining PM in the Makefile.PL will override PMLIBDIRS. PMLIBDIRS
Ref to array of subdirectories containing library files. Defaults to [ 'lib', $(BASEEXT) ]. The directories will be scanned and any files they contain will be installed in the corresponding location in the library. A libscan() method can be used to alter the behaviour. Defining PM in the Makefile.PL will override PMLIBDIRS.
(Where BASEEXT is the last component of NAME.)
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Also, before perl had modules (*.pm), libraries were *.pl files, so *.pl files are assumed to be perl4 style compatibility modules

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