Re: [MacPerl] Newbie question: 't' files and makefile.PLs?

[robinmcf@altern.org]

At 15:41 -0400 2000.07.17, Paul Schinder wrote:
>A makefile is used by the make program.  It contains a set of rules
>to guide make in doing some action, usually building some piece of
>software.  These are of no use to you unless you have MPW and dmake.
>Usually they're used on Unix machines.

Just a clarification: there is a "Makefile.PL" in most distributions, which
is used by Perl (including MacPerl, with the installme droplet, or with
perl under MPW) to create a "Makefile".

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