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.IX Title "ExtUtils::MM::Utils 3pm"
.TH ExtUtils::MM::Utils 3pm 2024-04-05 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
ExtUtils::MM::Utils \- ExtUtils::MM methods without dependency on ExtUtils::MakeMaker
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&    require ExtUtils::MM::Utils;
\&    MM\->maybe_command($file);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This is a collection of ExtUtils::MM subroutines that are used by many
other modules but that do not need full-featured ExtUtils::MakeMaker. The
issue with ExtUtils::MakeMaker is it pulls in Perl header files and that is
an overkill for small subroutines.
.PP
An example is the IPC::Cmd that caused installing GCC just because of
three-line \fR\f(BImaybe_command()\fR\fI\fR from ExtUtils::MM_Unix.
.PP
The intentions is to use ExtUtils::MM::Utils instead of
ExtUtils::MakeMaker for these trivial methods. You can still call them via
MM class name.
.SH METHODS
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.IP maybe_command 4
.IX Item "maybe_command"
Returns true, if the argument is likely to be a command.
.SH BUGS
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These methods are copied from ExtUtils::MM_Unix. Other operating systems
are not supported yet. The reason is this
a hack for Linux
distributions <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129443>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::MM