use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; # See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence # the contents of the Makefile that is written. WriteMakefile( 'NAME' => 'Net::Patricia', 'VERSION_FROM' => 'Patricia.pm', # finds $VERSION 'LIBS' => ['-lnsl'], # e.g., '-lm' 'DEFINE' => '', # e.g., '-DHAVE_SOMETHING' 'INC' => '', # e.g., '-I/usr/include/other' 'MYEXTLIB' => 'libpatricia/libpatricia$(LIB_EXT)', # e.g., '-I/usr/include/other' 'dist' => {'COMPRESS'=>'gzip -9f', 'SUFFIX' => 'gz'}, ); sub MY::postamble { ' $(MYEXTLIB): libpatricia/Makefile cd libpatricia && $(MAKE) $(PASTHRU) '; }