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1Rethink MM_Win32 tests.
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3Investigate one method per make target.
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5Test MM_Any and pull some redundant tests out of MM_*.t
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7Create a way to init MM objects. (XXX What's wrong with MakeMaker->new?)
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9Move instmodsh to utils/ in the core.
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11Handle config files (ie. /etc) and their special PREFIX needs
12(ie. PREFIX=/usr, INSTALLCONFIGDIR=/etc).
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14Make sure PDL builds
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16Fix find_perl on Amiga trg@privat.utfors.se
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18Fix appending of .. when DIRS contains directories not immediately
19below the cwd.
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21Fill in the IMPORTS docs.
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23Remove tar -I Sun-ism from instmodsh.
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25Consider adding a timeout option to prompt() and env variable.
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27Unify VMS->find_perl
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29Consider if VMS->find_perl needs to have pieces put into maybe_command()
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dedf98bc 31Add a MM_Any->init_others() using ExtUtils::Command.
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33Figure out and document the 4th arg to ExtUtils::Install::install()
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35Consider if adding a nativize() routine to replace macify() and
36fixpath() is useful.
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38Eliminate eliminate_macros() from inside FS::VMS->catfile and catdir.
39Make into MM_VMS wrappers.
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41Test ExtUtils::Command::MM
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43Finish ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial
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45Add 'how to install additional files' to ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ.
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47Give typemap location its own macro.
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49Merge MM_VMS->tool_xsubpp
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51Initialize PERL_SRC to '' instead of leaving undef when outside the source
52tree
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54Reinstate HTMLification to use the new HTML Config info.
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56split manifypods target into more generic docifypods target which depends on
57manifypods
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59Add target to generate native Win32 help files (or whatever Win32 likes
60to use for help files these days)
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62Add target to generate native VMS help files.
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2530b651 64On VMS, write PM_FILTERs to a temp file and run from there avoiding command
1df8d179 65line lengths. Worth the trouble given the Unixy nature of PM_FILTER?
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67Move oneliner() and friends into a seperate module for general consumption.
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69Make out of date check on 'make dist' more useful
70http://archive.develooper.com/makemaker@perl.org/msg01075.html
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72Make maniadd() return a tied, case-insensitive hash on VMS.