---
name: "make"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libclass-methodmaker-perl"
version: "1.05-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/make/3pm"
---

# make(3pm)

tools for making makefiles with.

## NAME

make - tools for making makefiles with.

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use constant MOD_REQS =>
    [
     { name    => 'Pod::Usage',
       version => '1.12', },
```

```
     { name    => 'IPC::Run',
       package => 'IPC-Run',
       version => '0.44', },
    ];
```

```
  use constant EXEC_REQS =>
    [
     { name    => 'blastpgp',
       version => '1.50',
       vopt    => '--version', },
```

```
     { name    => 'mkprofile', },
```

```
     { name    => 'mp3id',
       version => '0.4',
       vopt    => '--help',
       vexpect => 255, },
    ];
```

```
  use constant NAME         => 'Module-Name';
  use constant VERSION_FROM => catfile (qw( lib Module Name.pm ));
  use constant AUTHOR       => 'Martyn J. Pearce fluffy@inpharmatica.co.uk';
  use constant ABSTRACT     => 'This module makes chocolate biscuits';
```

```
  use make.pm
```

## DESCRIPTION

This package provides methods and initialization to build standard perl modules.

The plan is, you define the requirements, and let the module take care of the rest.

The requirements you must define are:

- MOD\_REQS

  An arrayref of hashrefs.  Each hashref represents a required Perl module, and has the following keys:

  - name

    **Mandatory** Name of the module used.  The presence of this module is checked, and an exception is raised if it does not exist.

  - package

    **Optional** Name of the package in which the module is to be found.  If not defined, the package is assumed to be present in core Perl.

    Modules that have been in core Perl since 5.005 need not be listed; the "core perl" default is for modules such as `"Pod::Usage"` which have been added to the core since 5.005.

  - version

    **Optional** If supplied, the version of the module is checked against this number, and an exception raised if the version found is lower than that requested.

- EXEC\_REQS

  - name

    Name of the executable used.  The presence of this executable is checked, and an exception is raised if it does not exist (in the PATH).

  - package

    **Optional** Name of the package in which the executable is to be found.

  - version

    **Optional** If supplied, the version of the module is checked against this number, and an exception raised if the version found is lower than that requested.

    If supplied, the vopt key must also be supplied.

  - vopt

    **Optional** This is used only if the `"version"` key is also used.  This is the option that is passed to the executable to ask for its version number.  It may be the empty string if no option is used (but must be defined if `"version"` is defined).

  - vexpect

    **Optional** This is used only if the `"version"` key is also used.  This is the exit code to expect from the program when polling for its version number. Defaults to 0.  This is the exit code (value of `$?` in the shell) to use, *not* the value of the `"wait"` call.

- NAME

  The module name.  It must conform to the established standard; in particular, it must **not** contain colon characters.  The usual process, when providing a single-package module (e.g., to provide `"MIME::Base64"`), is to replace the `"::"` occurences with hyphens (hence, `"MIME-Base64"`).

- VERSION\_FROM

  The module from which to establish the version number.  This module must have a line of the form `"$VERSION = '0.01';"`.  Declarative prefixes (.e.g, `"our"`) are fine; `"our"` is the usual one, since `$VERSION` is almost always a package variable.

- AUTHOR

  The name of the module author(s), along with an email address.  This is normally the person primarily responsible for the upkeep of the module.

- ABSTRACT

  A single (concise!) sentence describing the rough purpose of the module.  It is not expected to be mightily accurate, but is for quick browsing of modules.

## EXAMPLES

## BUGS

## REPORTING BUGS

Email the author.

## AUTHOR

Martyn J. Pearce `"fluffy@cpan.org"`

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Martyn J. Pearce.  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO