NAME

       Dist::Zilla::Plugin::MakeMaker::Fallback - Generate a Makefile.PL containing a warning for
       legacy users

VERSION

       version 0.032

SYNOPSIS

       In your dist.ini, when you want to ship a Build.PL as well as a fallback Makefile.PL in
       case the user's "cpan" client is so old it doesn't recognize "configure_requires":

           [ModuleBuildTiny]
           [MakeMaker::Fallback]

DESCRIPTION

       This plugin is a derivative of "[MakeMaker]", generating a Makefile.PL in your
       distribution, with an added preamble that is printed when it is run:

           *** WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ***

           If you're seeing this warning, your toolchain is really, really old* and
           you'll almost certainly have problems installing CPAN modules from this
           century. But never fear, dear user, for we have the technology to fix this!

           If you're using CPAN.pm to install things, then you can upgrade it using:

           cpan CPAN

           If you're using CPANPLUS to install things, then you can upgrade it using:

           cpanp CPANPLUS

           If you're using cpanminus, you shouldn't be seeing this message in the first
           place, so please file an issue on github.

           If you're using a packaging tool through a unix distribution, this issue
           should be reported to the package manager.

           If you're installing manually, please retrain your fingers to run Build.PL
           when present instead of Makefile.PL.

           This public service announcement was brought to you by the Perl Toolchain
           Gang, the irc.perl.org #toolchain IRC channel, and the number 42.

           ----

           * Alternatively, you are doing something overly clever, in which case you
           should consider setting the 'prefer_installer' config option in CPAN.pm, or
           'prefer_makefile' in CPANPLUS, to 'mb" and '0' respectively.

           You can also silence this warning for future installations by setting the
           PERL_MM_FALLBACK_SILENCE_WARNING environment variable.

       Additionally, any errors resulting from loading configure-require prerequisites are
       captured and printed, which indicates a failure of the user or the tools to read and
       understand META.yml or META.json.

       It is a fatal error to use this plugin when there is not also another plugin enabled that
       generates a Build.PL (such as [ModuleBuildTiny]).

       On top of the regular testing that is provided via the Build.PL-producing plugin, "dzil
       test --release" or "dzil release" will run tests with extra testing variables unset
       ("AUTHOR_TESTING", "RELEASE_TESTING"). This is to weed out test issues that only manifest
       under these conditions (for example: bad test count, conditional module loading).  You can
       prevent this extra testing from happening by setting "skip_release_testing = 1" in your
       configuration or dist.ini.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       Peter Rabbitson (ribasushi), whose concerns that low-level utility modules were shipping
       with install tools that did not work out of the box with perls 5.6 and 5.8 inspired the
       creation of this module.

       Matt Trout (mst), for realizing a simple warning would be sufficient, rather than a
       complicated detection heuristic, as well as the text of the warning (but it turns out that
       we still need a simple detection heuristic, so -0.5 for that...)

SEE ALSO

       •   Dist::Zilla::Plugin::MakeMaker

       •   Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ModuleBuildTiny

       •   Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ModuleBuildTiny::Fallback

SUPPORT

       Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker
       <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Dist-Zilla-Plugin-MakeMaker-Fallback>
       (or bug-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-MakeMaker-Fallback@rt.cpan.org <mailto:bug-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-
       MakeMaker-Fallback@rt.cpan.org>).

       There is also a mailing list available for users of this distribution, at
       <http://dzil.org/#mailing-list>.

       There is also an irc channel available for users of this distribution, at "#distzilla" on
       "irc.perl.org" <irc://irc.perl.org/#distzilla>.

       I am also usually active on irc, as 'ether' at "irc.perl.org" and "irc.libera.chat".

AUTHOR

       Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Karen Etheridge.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.34.0                                2022-05-Dist::Zilla::Plugin::MakeMaker::Fallback(3pm)