use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; my $mm = MM->new({ dist => { PREOP => 'pod2text Watchdog.pm | tee README >$(DISTVNAME)/README; chmod -R u=rwX,go=rX . ;', COMPRESS => 'gzip -9v', SUFFIX => '.gz', }, NAME => "AnyEvent::Watchdog", VERSION_FROM => "Watchdog.pm", PREREQ_PM => { common::sense => 0, AnyEvent => 4.15, }, }); $mm->flush;