use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; my $mm = MM->new({ dist => { PREOP => 'pod2text LWP.pm | tee README >$(DISTVNAME)/README; chmod -R u=rwX,go=rX . ;', COMPRESS => 'gzip -9v', SUFFIX => '.gz', }, NAME => "AnyEvent::LWP", VERSION_FROM => "LWP.pm", PREREQ_PM => { AnyEvent => 4.05, LWP => 5, }, }); $mm->flush;