ExtUtils::MakeMaker is a standard module that comes with the perl distribution. It writes Makefiles for perl extensions. It provides all sorts of support to make development of extensions easy: building, testing, installing, distributing and archiving extensions/modules. Version 5.4002 is the same version that comes with perl5.004 and is only distributed in case somebody needs a fallback version later. To install this package, run perl Makefile.PL make install There are no test scripts in this package, so you can skip the 'make' command. The very recent changes are documented in the Changes file. MakeMaker is maintained by the makemaker mailing list. To subscribe to the list, send mail to makemaker-request@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de To send mail to the list, write to makemaker@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de. andreas könig