Too Many Platform Vectors

MM is currently broken down by operating system

• MM_Unix, MM_Win32, MM_Win95, MM_VMS, MM_Cygwin, etc...

This is wrong.

MakeMaker really varies by

• OS

• build tool

• shell

• file system

• perl version

Currently, each module only deals with a single combiation

• MM_VMS is really...

  • OS: VMS

  • Build Tool: MMK/S

  • Shell: DCL

  • File System: Ummm... whatever VMS usually uses

  • Perl Version: 5.8.0 and up

If you wanted to use GNU make on VMS, MakeMaker will be very confused.

This could be solved but only with great effort.