use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; my $mm = MM->new({ dist => { PREOP => 'pod2text BDB.pm | tee README >$(DISTVNAME)/README; chmod -R u=rwX,go=rX . ;', COMPRESS => 'gzip -9v', SUFFIX => '.gz', }, NAME => "AnyEvent::BDB", VERSION_FROM => "BDB.pm", PREREQ_PM => { BDB => 1.5, AnyEvent => 5.0, }, }); $mm->flush;