use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; sub MY::metafile { package MY; my $self = shift; if (!eval { require YAML; 1 }) { warn ("YAML not installed, will not override META.yml"); return $self->SUPER::metafile_target(@_); }; my $node = new YAML::Node {}; $node->{name} = $self->{DISTNAME}; $node->{version} = $self->{VERSION}; $node->{version_from} = $self->{VERSION_FROM}; $node->{license} = 'perl'; $node->{distribution_type} = 'module'; $node->{generated_by} = "$self->{DISTNAME} version $self->{VERSION}"; $node->{installdirs} = 'site'; $node->{requires} = $self->{PREREQ_PM}; my $dump = YAML::Dump( $node ); $dump =~ s/^(.*)$/\t\$(NOECHO) \$(ECHO) "$1" >>META.yml/gm; $dump =~ s/>>META\.yml/>META.yml/; return "metafile:\n$dump"; } WriteMakefile( 'NAME' => 'Math::String', 'VERSION_FROM' => 'lib/Math/String.pm', # finds $VERSION 'PREREQ_PM' => { Math::BigInt => 1.74, Math::BigFloat => 1.48, }, 'LIBS' => [''], # e.g., '-lm' 'DEFINE' => '', # e.g., '-DHAVE_SOMETHING' 'INC' => '', # e.g., '-I/usr/include/other' );