use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; WriteMakefile( dist => { PREOP => 'pod2text Libevent.pm | tee README >$(DISTVNAME)/README; chmod -R u=rwX,go=rX . ;', COMPRESS => 'gzip -9v', SUFFIX => '.gz', }, NAME => "Libevent", VERSION_FROM => "Libevent.pm", );