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NAME
       ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
       ExtUtils::MakeMaker

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

DESCRIPTION
       See ExtUtils::MM_Unix for a documentation of the methods
       provided there. This package overrides the implementation
       of these methods, not the semantics.

   Overridden methods
       dlsyms
       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.

       init_others
           Override some of the Unix specific commands with
           portable ExtUtils::Command ones.

           Also provide defaults for LD and AR in case the
           %Config values aren't set.

           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
       special_targets
           Add .USESHELL target for dmake.

       static_lib
           Changes how to run the linker.

           The rest is duplicate code from MM_Unix.  Should move
           the linker code to its own method.





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       dynamic_lib
           Complicated stuff for Win32 that I don't understand.
           :(

       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
       perl_script
           Checks for the perl program under several common perl
           extensions.

       xs_o
           This target is stubbed out.  Not sure why.

       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.

       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.









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