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HELPERS

 m4

     %{m4}

    Returns the name of the m4 command. Usually just m4.

CAVEATS

    Why GNU m4? Many Unixen come with BSD or other variants of m4 which are
    perfectly good. Unfortunately, the main use case for this module is
    Alien::Autotools and friends. Autoconf requires the GNU m4, probably
    for political reasons, possibly for technical reasons. If you are using
    one of these Unixen, don't despair, you can usually install the GNU
    version of m4 either by building from source or by installing a binary
    package, with either the name gm4 or gnum4, and this module will find
    it, and Alien::Autotools will be able to use it.

AUTHOR

    Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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---
pod_spelling_system:
  skip: 0
  # list of words that are spelled correctly
  # (regardless of what spell check thinks)
  stopwords:
    - exe
    - Autoconf
    - Build.PL
    - Unixen
    - gm4
    - gnum4

pod_coverage:
  skip: 0
  # format is "Class#method" or "Class", regex allowed
  # for either Class or method.
  private:
    - Alien::m4#alien_helper

lib/Alien/m4.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

=head1 HELPERS

=head2 m4

 %{m4}

Returns the name of the m4 command.  Usually just C<m4>.

=head1 CAVEATS

Why GNU m4?  Many Unixen come with BSD or other variants of m4 which are
perfectly good.  Unfortunately, the main use case for this module is
L<Alien::Autotools> and friends.  Autoconf requires the GNU m4, probably
for political reasons, possibly for technical reasons.  If you are using
one of these Unixen, don't despair, you can usually install the GNU
version of m4 either by building from source or by installing a binary
package, with either the name C<gm4> or C<gnum4>, and this module will
find it, and L<Alien::Autotools> will be able to use it.

=head1 AUTHOR

Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE