use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; WriteMakefile( 'NAME' => 'Apache::Stage', 'VERSION_FROM' => 'Stage.pm', # finds $VERSION depend => { Makefile => '$(VERSION_FROM)' }, dist => { DIST_DEFAULT => 'README all tardist', SUFFIX => 'gz', COMPRESS => 'gzip -9', } ); sub MY::postamble { q{ README: Stage.pm Makefile chmod +w $@ pod2text Stage.pm > $@ } }