This is a release of 6.43_01 with ExtUtils::Install updated to 1.45.
http://schwern.org/~schwern/src/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.44.tar.gz
OS X users will be happy to know the issues with Apple's "special" tar has
been fixed, no more ._Foo files.
Win32 pugs developers should note that a long standing issue with long
commands has been fixed.
MakeMaker will now install on a fresh 5.6.
A note to p5p, I haven't incorporated the ABSPERL whitespace patch. I'm
afraid it might cause problems. I'm looking into a more general solution for
whitespace in paths. Feel free to reapply the bleadperl patches.
6.44 Thu Feb 28 16:06:04 PST 2008
Bug Fixes
* Updated bundled ExtUtils::Install to 1.45 which should fix some
Cygwin issues. [rt.cpan.org 33291]
6.43_01 Tue Jan 1 16:06:47 PST 2008
Bug Fixes
* Change the "is this really a Perl core library directory" checks to
look for strict instead of Exporter. Now that Exporter is on CPAN
it can wind up in site_perl.
* split_command() will now set aside a little more space for macro
expansion. This should help on systems with cramped command line
lengths. Specifically, Pugs on Win32. [rt.cpan.org 20145]
Installation
* MakeMaker would not install if the installed MakeMaker was too old,
like on 5.6.1. The installation process was still using the
installed MakeMaker in a few places. This has been fixed.
[rt.cpan.org 24746]
OS X
* "make dist" will no longer bundle up resource fork files (._foo).
[rt.cpan.org 29525]
Docs
* The documentation of VERSION_FROM was recommending vstrings (1.2.3)
which have never worked right.
* The documentation for the accepted values of LICENSE moved to
Module::Build::API. [rt.cpan.org 32020]
Tests
* The compilation test was testing the installed modules, not the
about-to-be-installed.
* xs.t would fail if ExtUtils::CBuilder was not installed.
Misc
* Cleanups brought to you by no more 5.5 compatibility!
* MakeMaker is now perlcritic clean at severity level 5... except
the really silly ones.
* DIE use vars DIE!
* Added some resources to the META.yml
--
The past has a vote, but not a veto.
-- Mordecai M. Kaplan
