use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; WriteMakefile( 'NAME' => 'Win32::Shortcut', 'VERSION_FROM' => 'Shortcut.pm', # finds $VERSION 'XS' => { 'Shortcut.xs' => 'Shortcut.cpp' }, 'dist' => { COMPRESS => 'gzip -9f', SUFFIX => 'gz' }, ($] < 5.005 ? () : ( 'AUTHOR' => 'Aldo Calpini ', 'ABSTRACT' => 'An object oriented interface to the Win32 IShellLink Interface.', )), ); sub MY::xs_c { ' .xs.cpp: $(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) $(XSUBPP) $(XSPROTOARG) $(XSUBPPARGS) $*.xs >xstmp.c && $(MV) xstmp.c $*.cpp '; }