perl-Module-Build: perl-Module-Build (Compatibility with ExtUtils::MakeMaker) perl-Module-Build: perl-Module-Build: Because ExtUtils::MakeMaker has been the standard way to distribute perl-Module-Build: modules for a long time, many tools (CPAN.pm, or your system perl-Module-Build: administrator) may expect to find a working Makefile.PL in every perl-Module-Build: distribution they download from CPAN. If you want to throw them a perl-Module-Build: bone, you can use Module::Build::Compat to automatically generate a perl-Module-Build: Makefile.PL for you, in one of several different styles. perl-Module-Build: Module::Build::Compat also provides some code that helps out the perl-Module-Build: Makefile.PL at runtime. perl-Module-Build: