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diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
index 2783965..bb76013 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
@@ -1,29 +1,35 @@
 package ExtUtils::MM_Unix;
 
+require 5.005_03;  # Maybe further back, dunno
+
+use strict;
+
 use Exporter ();
+use Carp;
 use Config;
 use File::Basename qw(basename dirname fileparse);
+use File::Spec;
 use DirHandle;
 use strict;
-use vars qw($VERSION $Is_Mac $Is_OS2 $Is_VMS $Is_Win32 $Is_Dos $Is_PERL_OBJECT
-	    $Verbose %pm %static $Xsubpp_Version);
+use vars qw($VERSION @ISA
+            $Is_Mac $Is_OS2 $Is_VMS $Is_Win32 $Is_Dos $Is_VOS
+            $Verbose %pm %static $Xsubpp_Version
+            %Config_Override
+           );
 
-$VERSION = substr q$Revision: 1.12603 $, 10;
-# $Id: MM_Unix.pm,v 1.126 1998/06/28 21:32:49 k Exp k $
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker qw($Verbose neatvalue);
 
-Exporter::import('ExtUtils::MakeMaker', qw($Verbose &neatvalue));
+$VERSION = '1.33';
 
-$Is_OS2 = $^O eq 'os2';
-$Is_Mac = $^O eq 'MacOS';
-$Is_Win32 = $^O eq 'MSWin32';
-$Is_Dos = $^O eq 'dos';
+require ExtUtils::MM_Any;
+@ISA = qw(ExtUtils::MM_Any);
 
-$Is_PERL_OBJECT = $Config{'ccflags'} =~ /-DPERL_OBJECT/;
-
-if ($Is_VMS = $^O eq 'VMS') {
-    require VMS::Filespec;
-    import VMS::Filespec qw( &vmsify );
-}
+$Is_OS2   = $^O eq 'os2';
+$Is_Mac   = $^O eq 'MacOS';
+$Is_Win32 = $^O eq 'MSWin32' || $Config{osname} eq 'NetWare';
+$Is_Dos   = $^O eq 'dos';
+$Is_VOS   = $^O eq 'vos';
+$Is_VMS   = $^O eq 'VMS';
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -66,186 +72,101 @@ Makefile.PL. Overridable methods are marked as (o). All methods are
 overridable by a platform specific MM_*.pm file (See
 L<ExtUtils::MM_VMS>) and L<ExtUtils::MM_OS2>).
 
-=head2 Preloaded methods
-
-=over 2
-
-=item canonpath
-
-No physical check on the filesystem, but a logical cleanup of a
-path. On UNIX eliminated successive slashes and successive "/.".
-
-=cut
-
-sub canonpath {
-    my($self,$path) = @_;
-    my $node = '';
-    if ( $^O eq 'qnx' && $path =~ s|^(//\d+)/|/|s ) {
-      $node = $1;
-    }
-    $path =~ s|(?<=[^/])/+|/|g ;                   # xx////xx  -> xx/xx
-    $path =~ s|(/\.)+/|/|g ;                       # xx/././xx -> xx/xx
-    $path =~ s|^(\./)+||s unless $path eq "./";    # ./xx      -> xx
-    $path =~ s|(?<=[^/])/\z|| ;                    # xx/       -> xx
-    "$node$path";
-}
-
-=item catdir
-
-Concatenate two or more directory names to form a complete path ending
-with a directory. But remove the trailing slash from the resulting
-string, because it doesn't look good, isn't necessary and confuses
-OS2. Of course, if this is the root directory, don't cut off the
-trailing slash :-)
-
 =cut
 
-# ';
-
-sub catdir {
-    my $self = shift @_;
-    my @args = @_;
-    for (@args) {
-	# append a slash to each argument unless it has one there
-	$_ .= "/" if $_ eq '' or substr($_,-1) ne "/";
-    }
-    $self->canonpath(join('', @args));
-}
-
-=item catfile
-
-Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename to form a
-complete path ending with a filename
-
-=cut
-
-sub catfile {
-    my $self = shift @_;
-    my $file = pop @_;
-    return $self->canonpath($file) unless @_;
-    my $dir = $self->catdir(@_);
-    for ($dir) {
-	$_ .= "/" unless substr($_,length($_)-1,1) eq "/";
-    }
-    return $self->canonpath($dir.$file);
-}
-
-=item curdir
-
-Returns a string representing of the current directory.  "." on UNIX.
-
-=cut
-
-sub curdir {
-    return "." ;
-}
-
-=item rootdir
-
-Returns a string representing of the root directory.  "/" on UNIX.
-
-=cut
-
-sub rootdir {
-    return "/";
-}
-
-=item updir
-
-Returns a string representing of the parent directory.  ".." on UNIX.
-
-=cut
-
-sub updir {
-    return "..";
-}
-
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::c_o ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::clean ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::const_cccmd ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::const_config ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::const_loadlibs ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::constants ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::depend ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dir_target ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dist ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dist_basics ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dist_ci ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dist_core ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dist_dir ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dist_test ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dlsyms ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dynamic ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dynamic_bs ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::dynamic_lib ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::exescan ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::export_list ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::extliblist ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::file_name_is_absolute ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::find_perl ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::fixin ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::force ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::guess_name ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::has_link_code ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::htmlifypods ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::init_dirscan ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::init_main ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::init_others ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::install ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::installbin ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::libscan ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::linkext ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::lsdir ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::macro ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::makeaperl ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::makefile ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::manifypods ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::maybe_command ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::maybe_command_in_dirs ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::needs_linking ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::nicetext ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::parse_version ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::pasthru ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::path ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::perl_archive;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::perl_script ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::perldepend ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::pm_to_blib ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::post_constants ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::post_initialize ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::postamble ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::ppd ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::prefixify ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::processPL ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::realclean ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::replace_manpage_separator ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::static ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::static_lib ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::staticmake ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::subdir_x ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::subdirs ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::test ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::test_via_harness ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::test_via_script ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::tool_autosplit ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::tool_xsubpp ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::tools_other ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::top_targets ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::writedoc ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::xs_c ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::xs_cpp ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::xs_o ;
-sub ExtUtils::MM_Unix::xsubpp_version ;
-
-package ExtUtils::MM_Unix;
-
-use SelfLoader;
-
-1;
-
-__DATA__
-
-=back
+# So we don't have to keep calling the methods over and over again,
+# we have these globals to cache the values.  They have to be global
+# else the SelfLoaded methods can't see them.
+use vars qw($Curdir $Rootdir $Updir);
+$Curdir  = File::Spec->curdir;
+$Rootdir = File::Spec->rootdir;
+$Updir   = File::Spec->updir;
+
+sub c_o;
+sub clean;
+sub const_cccmd;
+sub const_config;
+sub const_loadlibs;
+sub constants;
+sub depend;
+sub dir_target;
+sub dist;
+sub dist_basics;
+sub dist_ci;
+sub dist_core;
+sub dist_dir;
+sub dist_test;
+sub dlsyms;
+sub dynamic;
+sub dynamic_bs;
+sub dynamic_lib;
+sub exescan;
+sub export_list;
+sub extliblist;
+sub find_perl;
+sub fixin;
+sub force;
+sub guess_name;
+sub has_link_code;
+sub init_dirscan;
+sub init_main;
+sub init_others;
+sub install;
+sub installbin;
+sub libscan;
+sub linkext;
+sub lsdir;
+sub macro;
+sub makeaperl;
+sub makefile;
+sub manifypods;
+sub maybe_command;
+sub maybe_command_in_dirs;
+sub needs_linking;
+sub nicetext;
+sub parse_abstract;
+sub parse_version;
+sub pasthru;
+sub perl_archive;
+sub perl_archive_after;
+sub perl_script;
+sub perldepend;
+sub pm_to_blib;
+sub ppd;
+sub post_constants;
+sub post_initialize;
+sub postamble;
+sub prefixify;
+sub processPL;
+sub quote_paren;
+sub realclean;
+sub replace_manpage_separator;
+sub static;
+sub static_lib;
+sub staticmake;
+sub subdir_x;
+sub subdirs;
+sub test;
+sub test_via_harness;
+sub test_via_script;
+sub tool_autosplit;
+sub tool_xsubpp;
+sub tools_other;
+sub top_targets;
+sub writedoc;
+sub xs_c;
+sub xs_cpp;
+sub xs_o;
+sub xsubpp_version;
+
+#use SelfLoader;
+
+# SelfLoader not smart enough to avoid autoloading DESTROY
+sub DESTROY { }
+
+#1;
+
+#__DATA__
 
 =head2 SelfLoaded methods
 
@@ -264,23 +185,35 @@ sub c_o {
     my($self) = shift;
     return '' unless $self->needs_linking();
     my(@m);
+    if (my $cpp = $Config{cpprun}) {
+        my $cpp_cmd = $self->const_cccmd;
+        $cpp_cmd =~ s/^CCCMD\s*=\s*\$\(CC\)/$cpp/;
+        push @m, '
+.c.i:
+	'. $cpp_cmd . ' $(CCCDLFLAGS) "-I$(PERL_INC)" $(PASTHRU_DEFINE) $(DEFINE) $*.c > $*.i
+';
+    }
+    push @m, '
+.c.s:
+	$(CCCMD) -S $(CCCDLFLAGS) "-I$(PERL_INC)" $(PASTHRU_DEFINE) $(DEFINE) $*.c
+';
     push @m, '
 .c$(OBJ_EXT):
-	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) -I$(PERL_INC) $(DEFINE) $*.c
+	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) "-I$(PERL_INC)" $(PASTHRU_DEFINE) $(DEFINE) $*.c
 ';
     push @m, '
 .C$(OBJ_EXT):
-	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) -I$(PERL_INC) $(DEFINE) $*.C
-' if $^O ne 'os2' and $^O ne 'MSWin32' and $^O ne 'dos'; #Case-specific
+	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) "-I$(PERL_INC)" $(PASTHRU_DEFINE) $(DEFINE) $*.C
+' if !$Is_OS2 and !$Is_Win32 and !$Is_Dos; #Case-specific
     push @m, '
 .cpp$(OBJ_EXT):
-	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) -I$(PERL_INC) $(DEFINE) $*.cpp
+	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) "-I$(PERL_INC)" $(PASTHRU_DEFINE) $(DEFINE) $*.cpp
 
 .cxx$(OBJ_EXT):
-	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) -I$(PERL_INC) $(DEFINE) $*.cxx
+	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) "-I$(PERL_INC)" $(PASTHRU_DEFINE) $(DEFINE) $*.cxx
 
 .cc$(OBJ_EXT):
-	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) -I$(PERL_INC) $(DEFINE) $*.cc
+	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) "-I$(PERL_INC)" $(PASTHRU_DEFINE) $(DEFINE) $*.cc
 ';
     join "", @m;
 }
@@ -333,7 +266,7 @@ sub cflags {
 
     my($name);
     ( $name = $self->{NAME} . "_cflags" ) =~ s/:/_/g ;
-    if ($prog = $Config::Config{$name}) {
+    if ($prog = $Config{$name}) {
 	# Expand hints for this extension via the shell
 	print STDOUT "Processing $name hint:\n" if $Verbose;
 	my(@o)=`cc=\"$cflags{cc}\"
@@ -365,31 +298,11 @@ sub cflags {
     }
 
     for (qw(ccflags optimize perltype)) {
+        $cflags{$_} ||= '';
 	$cflags{$_} =~ s/^\s+//;
 	$cflags{$_} =~ s/\s+/ /g;
 	$cflags{$_} =~ s/\s+$//;
-	$self->{uc $_} ||= $cflags{$_}
-    }
-
-    if ($Is_PERL_OBJECT) {
-        $self->{CCFLAGS} =~ s/-DPERL_OBJECT(\b|$)/-DPERL_CAPI/g;
-        if ($Is_Win32) { 
-	    if ($Config{'cc'} =~ /^cl/i) {
-		# Turn off C++ mode of the MSC compiler
-		$self->{CCFLAGS} =~ s/-TP(\s|$)//g;
-		$self->{OPTIMIZE} =~ s/-TP(\s|$)//g;
-	    }
-	    elsif ($Config{'cc'} =~ /^bcc32/i) {
-		# Turn off C++ mode of the Borland compiler
-		$self->{CCFLAGS} =~ s/-P(\s|$)//g;
-		$self->{OPTIMIZE} =~ s/-P(\s|$)//g;
-	    }
-	    elsif ($Config{'cc'} =~ /^gcc/i) {
-		# Turn off C++ mode of the GCC compiler
-		$self->{CCFLAGS} =~ s/-xc\+\+(\s|$)//g;
-		$self->{OPTIMIZE} =~ s/-xc\+\+(\s|$)//g;
-	    }
-        }
+	$self->{uc $_} ||= $cflags{$_};
     }
 
     if ($self->{POLLUTE}) {
@@ -403,6 +316,9 @@ sub cflags {
 	$pollute = '$(PERL_MALLOC_DEF)';
     }
 
+    $self->{CCFLAGS}  = quote_paren($self->{CCFLAGS});
+    $self->{OPTIMIZE} = quote_paren($self->{OPTIMIZE});
+
     return $self->{CFLAGS} = qq{
 CCFLAGS = $self->{CCFLAGS}
 OPTIMIZE = $self->{OPTIMIZE}
@@ -447,14 +363,29 @@ EOT
     }
 
     my(@otherfiles) = values %{$self->{XS}}; # .c files from *.xs files
+    if ( $^O eq 'qnx' ) {
+      my @errfiles = @{$self->{C}};
+      for ( @errfiles ) {
+	s/.c$/.err/;
+      }
+      push( @otherfiles, @errfiles, 'perlmain.err' );
+    }
     push(@otherfiles, $attribs{FILES}) if $attribs{FILES};
-    push(@otherfiles, qw[./blib $(MAKE_APERL_FILE) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/extralibs.all
-			 perlmain.c mon.out core core.*perl.*.?
-			 *perl.core so_locations pm_to_blib
-			 *$(OBJ_EXT) *$(LIB_EXT) perl.exe
-			 $(BOOTSTRAP) $(BASEEXT).bso $(BASEEXT).def
-			 $(BASEEXT).exp
+    push(@otherfiles, qw[./blib $(MAKE_APERL_FILE) 
+                         $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/extralibs.all
+			 perlmain.c tmon.out mon.out so_locations pm_to_blib
+			 *$(OBJ_EXT) *$(LIB_EXT) perl.exe perl perl$(EXE_EXT)
+			 $(BOOTSTRAP) $(BASEEXT).bso
+			 $(BASEEXT).def lib$(BASEEXT).def
+			 $(BASEEXT).exp $(BASEEXT).x
 			]);
+    if( $Is_VOS ) {
+        push(@otherfiles, qw[*.kp]);
+    }
+    else {
+        push(@otherfiles, qw[core core.*perl.*.? *perl.core]);
+    }
+
     push @m, "\t-$self->{RM_RF} @otherfiles\n";
     # See realclean and ext/utils/make_ext for usage of Makefile.old
     push(@m,
@@ -476,7 +407,8 @@ sub const_cccmd {
     return $self->{CONST_CCCMD} if $self->{CONST_CCCMD};
     return '' unless $self->needs_linking();
     return $self->{CONST_CCCMD} =
-	q{CCCMD = $(CC) -c $(INC) $(CCFLAGS) $(OPTIMIZE) \\
+	q{CCCMD = $(CC) -c $(PASTHRU_INC) $(INC) \\
+	$(CCFLAGS) $(OPTIMIZE) \\
 	$(PERLTYPE) $(MPOLLUTE) $(DEFINE_VERSION) \\
 	$(XS_DEFINE_VERSION)};
 }
@@ -499,7 +431,8 @@ sub const_config {
     foreach $m (@{$self->{CONFIG}}){
 	# SITE*EXP macros are defined in &constants; avoid duplicates here
 	next if $once_only{$m} or $m eq 'sitelibexp' or $m eq 'sitearchexp';
-	push @m, "\U$m\E = ".$self->{uc $m}."\n";
+	$self->{uc $m} = quote_paren($self->{uc $m});
+	push @m, uc($m) , ' = ' , $self->{uc $m}, "\n";
 	$once_only{$m} = 1;
     }
     join('', @m);
@@ -544,16 +477,28 @@ sub constants {
     for $tmp (qw/
 
 	      AR_STATIC_ARGS NAME DISTNAME NAME_SYM VERSION
-	      VERSION_SYM XS_VERSION INST_BIN INST_EXE INST_LIB
-	      INST_ARCHLIB INST_SCRIPT PREFIX  INSTALLDIRS
-	      INSTALLPRIVLIB INSTALLARCHLIB INSTALLSITELIB
-	      INSTALLSITEARCH INSTALLBIN INSTALLSCRIPT PERL_LIB
-	      PERL_ARCHLIB SITELIBEXP SITEARCHEXP LIBPERL_A MYEXTLIB
+	      VERSION_SYM XS_VERSION 
+	      INST_ARCHLIB INST_SCRIPT INST_BIN INST_LIB
+              INSTALLDIRS
+              PREFIX          SITEPREFIX      VENDORPREFIX
+	      INSTALLPRIVLIB  INSTALLSITELIB  INSTALLVENDORLIB
+	      INSTALLARCHLIB  INSTALLSITEARCH INSTALLVENDORARCH
+              INSTALLBIN      INSTALLSITEBIN  INSTALLVENDORBIN  INSTALLSCRIPT 
+              PERL_LIB        PERL_ARCHLIB 
+              SITELIBEXP      SITEARCHEXP 
+              LIBPERL_A MYEXTLIB
 	      FIRST_MAKEFILE MAKE_APERL_FILE PERLMAINCC PERL_SRC
-	      PERL_INC PERL FULLPERL FULL_AR
+	      PERL_INC PERL FULLPERL PERLRUN FULLPERLRUN PERLRUNINST 
+              FULLPERLRUNINST ABSPERL ABSPERLRUN ABSPERLRUNINST
+              FULL_AR PERL_CORE NOOP NOECHO
 
-	      / ) {
+	      / ) 
+    {
 	next unless defined $self->{$tmp};
+
+        # pathnames can have sharp signs in them; escape them so
+        # make doesn't think it is a comment-start character.
+        $self->{$tmp} =~ s/#/\\#/g;
 	push @m, "$tmp = $self->{$tmp}\n";
     }
 
@@ -573,15 +518,15 @@ MM_VERSION = $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION
     push @m, q{
 # FULLEXT = Pathname for extension directory (eg Foo/Bar/Oracle).
 # BASEEXT = Basename part of FULLEXT. May be just equal FULLEXT. (eg Oracle)
-# ROOTEXT = Directory part of FULLEXT with leading slash (eg /DBD)  !!! Deprecated from MM 5.32  !!!
 # PARENT_NAME = NAME without BASEEXT and no trailing :: (eg Foo::Bar)
 # DLBASE  = Basename part of dynamic library. May be just equal BASEEXT.
 };
 
     for $tmp (qw/
 	      FULLEXT BASEEXT PARENT_NAME DLBASE VERSION_FROM INC DEFINE OBJECT
-	      LDFROM LINKTYPE
-	      /	) {
+	      LDFROM LINKTYPE PM_FILTER
+	      /	) 
+    {
 	next unless defined $self->{$tmp};
 	push @m, "$tmp = $self->{$tmp}\n";
     }
@@ -592,20 +537,17 @@ XS_FILES= ".join(" \\\n\t", sort keys %{$self->{XS}})."
 C_FILES = ".join(" \\\n\t", @{$self->{C}})."
 O_FILES = ".join(" \\\n\t", @{$self->{O_FILES}})."
 H_FILES = ".join(" \\\n\t", @{$self->{H}})."
-HTMLLIBPODS    = ".join(" \\\n\t", sort keys %{$self->{HTMLLIBPODS}})."
-HTMLSCRIPTPODS = ".join(" \\\n\t", sort keys %{$self->{HTMLSCRIPTPODS}})."
 MAN1PODS = ".join(" \\\n\t", sort keys %{$self->{MAN1PODS}})."
 MAN3PODS = ".join(" \\\n\t", sort keys %{$self->{MAN3PODS}})."
 ";
 
     for $tmp (qw/
-	      INST_HTMLPRIVLIBDIR INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR
-	      INST_HTMLSITELIBDIR INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR
-	      INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR  INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR
-	      INST_HTMLLIBDIR                    HTMLEXT
-	      INST_MAN1DIR        INSTALLMAN1DIR MAN1EXT
-	      INST_MAN3DIR        INSTALLMAN3DIR MAN3EXT
-	      /) {
+	      INST_MAN1DIR  MAN1EXT 
+              INSTALLMAN1DIR INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR
+	      INST_MAN3DIR  MAN3EXT
+              INSTALLMAN3DIR INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR
+	      /) 
+    {
 	next unless defined $self->{$tmp};
 	push @m, "$tmp = $self->{$tmp}\n";
     }
@@ -613,7 +555,8 @@ MAN3PODS = ".join(" \\\n\t", sort keys %{$self->{MAN3PODS}})."
     for $tmp (qw(
 		PERM_RW PERM_RWX
 		)
-	     ) {
+	     ) 
+    {
         my $method = lc($tmp);
 	# warn "self[$self] method[$method]";
         push @m, "$tmp = ", $self->$method(), "\n";
@@ -628,7 +571,7 @@ MAN3PODS = ".join(" \\\n\t", sort keys %{$self->{MAN3PODS}})."
 # work around a famous dec-osf make(1) feature(?):
 makemakerdflt: all
 
-.SUFFIXES: .xs .c .C .cpp .cxx .cc \$(OBJ_EXT)
+.SUFFIXES: .xs .c .C .cpp .i .s .cxx .cc \$(OBJ_EXT)
 
 # Nick wanted to get rid of .PRECIOUS. I don't remember why. I seem to recall, that
 # some make implementations will delete the Makefile when we rebuild it. Because
@@ -645,11 +588,11 @@ CONFIGDEP = \$(PERL_ARCHLIB)/Config.pm \$(PERL_INC)/config.h
     my @parentdir = split(/::/, $self->{PARENT_NAME});
     push @m, q{
 # Where to put things:
-INST_LIBDIR      = }. $self->catdir('$(INST_LIB)',@parentdir)        .q{
-INST_ARCHLIBDIR  = }. $self->catdir('$(INST_ARCHLIB)',@parentdir)    .q{
+INST_LIBDIR      = }. File::Spec->catdir('$(INST_LIB)',@parentdir)        .q{
+INST_ARCHLIBDIR  = }. File::Spec->catdir('$(INST_ARCHLIB)',@parentdir)    .q{
 
-INST_AUTODIR     = }. $self->catdir('$(INST_LIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)')       .q{
-INST_ARCHAUTODIR = }. $self->catdir('$(INST_ARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)')   .q{
+INST_AUTODIR     = }. File::Spec->catdir('$(INST_LIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)')       .q{
+INST_ARCHAUTODIR = }. File::Spec->catdir('$(INST_ARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)')   .q{
 };
 
     if ($self->has_link_code()) {
@@ -674,12 +617,10 @@ EXPORT_LIST = $tmp
     push @m, "
 PERL_ARCHIVE = $tmp
 ";
-
-#    push @m, q{
-#INST_PM = }.join(" \\\n\t", sort values %{$self->{PM}}).q{
-#
-#PM_TO_BLIB = }.join(" \\\n\t", %{$self->{PM}}).q{
-#};
+    $tmp = $self->perl_archive_after;
+    push @m, "
+PERL_ARCHIVE_AFTER = $tmp
+";
 
     push @m, q{
 TO_INST_PM = }.join(" \\\n\t", sort keys %{$self->{PM}}).q{
@@ -701,7 +642,7 @@ sub depend {
     my(@m,$key,$val);
     while (($key,$val) = each %attribs){
 	last unless defined $key;
-	push @m, "$key: $val\n";
+	push @m, "$key : $val\n";
     }
     join "", @m;
 }
@@ -728,8 +669,8 @@ sub dir_target {
     my($self,@dirs) = @_;
     my(@m,$dir,$targdir);
     foreach $dir (@dirs) {
-	my($src) = $self->catfile($self->{PERL_INC},'perl.h');
-	my($targ) = $self->catfile($dir,'.exists');
+	my($src) = File::Spec->catfile($self->{PERL_INC},'perl.h');
+	my($targ) = File::Spec->catfile($dir,'.exists');
 	# catfile may have adapted syntax of $dir to target OS, so...
 	if ($Is_VMS) { # Just remove file name; dirspec is often in macro
 	    ($targdir = $targ) =~ s:/?\.exists\z::;
@@ -759,49 +700,37 @@ Defines a lot of macros for distribution support.
 sub dist {
     my($self, %attribs) = @_;
 
-    my(@m);
     # VERSION should be sanitised before use as a file name
-    my($version)  = $attribs{VERSION}  || '$(VERSION)';
-    my($name)     = $attribs{NAME}     || '$(DISTNAME)';
-    my($tar)      = $attribs{TAR}      || 'tar';        # eg /usr/bin/gnutar
-    my($tarflags) = $attribs{TARFLAGS} || 'cvf';
-    my($zip)      = $attribs{ZIP}      || 'zip';        # eg pkzip Yuck!
-    my($zipflags) = $attribs{ZIPFLAGS} || '-r';
-    my($compress) = $attribs{COMPRESS} || 'gzip --best';
-    my($suffix)   = $attribs{SUFFIX}   || '.gz';          # eg .gz
-    my($shar)     = $attribs{SHAR}     || 'shar';       # eg "shar --gzip"
-    my($preop)    = $attribs{PREOP}    || "$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)"; # eg update MANIFEST
-    my($postop)   = $attribs{POSTOP}   || "$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)"; # eg remove the distdir
-
-    my($to_unix)  = $attribs{TO_UNIX} || ($Is_OS2
-					  ? "$self->{NOECHO}"
-					  . '$(TEST_F) tmp.zip && $(RM) tmp.zip;'
-					  . ' $(ZIP) -ll -mr tmp.zip $(DISTVNAME) && unzip -o tmp.zip && $(RM) tmp.zip'
-					  : "$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)");
-
-    my($ci)       = $attribs{CI}       || 'ci -u';
-    my($rcs_label)= $attribs{RCS_LABEL}|| 'rcs -Nv$(VERSION_SYM): -q';
-    my($dist_cp)  = $attribs{DIST_CP}  || 'best';
-    my($dist_default) = $attribs{DIST_DEFAULT} || 'tardist';
+    $attribs{VERSION}  ||= '$(VERSION)';
+    $attribs{NAME}     ||= '$(DISTNAME)';
+    $attribs{TAR}      ||= 'tar';
+    $attribs{TARFLAGS} ||= 'cvf';
+    $attribs{ZIP}      ||= 'zip';
+    $attribs{ZIPFLAGS} ||= '-r';
+    $attribs{COMPRESS} ||= 'gzip --best';
+    $attribs{SUFFIX}   ||= '.gz';
+    $attribs{SHAR}     ||= 'shar';
+    $attribs{PREOP}    ||= "$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)"; # eg update MANIFEST
+    $attribs{POSTOP}   ||= "$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)"; # eg remove the distdir
+    $attribs{TO_UNIX}  ||= "$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)";
 
-    push @m, "
-DISTVNAME = ${name}-$version
-TAR  = $tar
-TARFLAGS = $tarflags
-ZIP  = $zip
-ZIPFLAGS = $zipflags
-COMPRESS = $compress
-SUFFIX = $suffix
-SHAR = $shar
-PREOP = $preop
-POSTOP = $postop
-TO_UNIX = $to_unix
-CI = $ci
-RCS_LABEL = $rcs_label
-DIST_CP = $dist_cp
-DIST_DEFAULT = $dist_default
-";
-    join "", @m;
+    $attribs{CI}       ||= 'ci -u';
+    $attribs{RCS_LABEL}||= 'rcs -Nv$(VERSION_SYM): -q';
+    $attribs{DIST_CP}  ||= 'best';
+    $attribs{DIST_DEFAULT} ||= 'tardist';
+
+    $attribs{DISTVNAME} ||= "$attribs{NAME}-$attribs{VERSION}";
+
+    # We've already printed out VERSION and NAME variables.
+    delete $attribs{VERSION};
+    delete $attribs{NAME};
+
+    my $make = '';
+    while(my($var, $value) = each %attribs) {
+        $make .= "$var = $value\n";
+    }
+
+    return $make;
 }
 
 =item dist_basics (o)
@@ -812,34 +741,25 @@ Defines the targets distclean, distcheck, skipcheck, manifest, veryclean.
 
 sub dist_basics {
     my($self) = shift;
-    my @m;
-    push @m, q{
+
+    return <<'MAKE_FRAG';
 distclean :: realclean distcheck
-};
+	$(NOECHO) $(NOOP)
 
-    push @m, q{
 distcheck :
-	$(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -MExtUtils::Manifest=fullcheck \\
-		-e fullcheck
-};
+	$(PERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::Manifest=fullcheck" -e fullcheck
 
-    push @m, q{
 skipcheck :
-	$(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -MExtUtils::Manifest=skipcheck \\
-		-e skipcheck
-};
+	$(PERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::Manifest=skipcheck" -e skipcheck
 
-    push @m, q{
 manifest :
-	$(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -MExtUtils::Manifest=mkmanifest \\
-		-e mkmanifest
-};
+	$(PERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::Manifest=mkmanifest" -e mkmanifest
 
-    push @m, q{
 veryclean : realclean
 	$(RM_F) *~ *.orig */*~ */*.orig
-};
-    join "", @m;
+
+MAKE_FRAG
+
 }
 
 =item dist_ci (o)
@@ -853,7 +773,7 @@ sub dist_ci {
     my @m;
     push @m, q{
 ci :
-	$(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -MExtUtils::Manifest=maniread \\
+	$(PERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::Manifest=maniread" \\
 		-e "@all = keys %{ maniread() };" \\
 		-e 'print("Executing $(CI) @all\n"); system("$(CI) @all");' \\
 		-e 'print("Executing $(RCS_LABEL) ...\n"); system("$(RCS_LABEL) @all");'
@@ -907,7 +827,7 @@ shdist : distdir
     join "", @m;
 }
 
-=item dist_dir (o)
+=item dist_dir
 
 Defines the scratch directory target that will hold the distribution
 before tar-ing (or shar-ing).
@@ -916,17 +836,18 @@ before tar-ing (or shar-ing).
 
 sub dist_dir {
     my($self) = shift;
-    my @m;
-    push @m, q{
+
+    return <<'MAKE_FRAG';
 distdir :
 	$(RM_RF) $(DISTVNAME)
-	$(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -MExtUtils::Manifest=manicopy,maniread \\
+	$(PERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::Manifest=manicopy,maniread" \
 		-e "manicopy(maniread(),'$(DISTVNAME)', '$(DIST_CP)');"
-};
-    join "", @m;
+
+MAKE_FRAG
+
 }
 
-=item dist_test (o)
+=item dist_test
 
 Defines a target that produces the distribution in the
 scratchdirectory, and runs 'perl Makefile.PL; make ;make test' in that
@@ -939,9 +860,9 @@ sub dist_test {
     my @m;
     push @m, q{
 disttest : distdir
-	cd $(DISTVNAME) && $(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) Makefile.PL
-	cd $(DISTVNAME) && $(MAKE)
-	cd $(DISTVNAME) && $(MAKE) test
+	cd $(DISTVNAME) && $(ABSPERLRUN) Makefile.PL
+	cd $(DISTVNAME) && $(MAKE) $(PASTHRU)
+	cd $(DISTVNAME) && $(MAKE) test $(PASTHRU)
 };
     join "", @m;
 }
@@ -975,7 +896,7 @@ static :: $self->{BASEEXT}.exp
 
     push(@m,"
 $self->{BASEEXT}.exp: Makefile.PL
-",'	$(PERL) "-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" -e \'use ExtUtils::Mksymlists; \\
+",'	$(PERLRUN) -e \'use ExtUtils::Mksymlists; \\
 	Mksymlists("NAME" => "',$self->{NAME},'", "DL_FUNCS" => ',
 	neatvalue($funcs), ', "FUNCLIST" => ', neatvalue($funclist),
 	', "DL_VARS" => ', neatvalue($vars), ');\'
@@ -1023,8 +944,8 @@ BOOTSTRAP = '."$self->{BASEEXT}.bs".'
 # The DynaLoader only reads a non-empty file.
 $(BOOTSTRAP): '."$self->{MAKEFILE} $self->{BOOTDEP}".' $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/.exists
 	'.$self->{NOECHO}.'echo "Running Mkbootstrap for $(NAME) ($(BSLOADLIBS))"
-	'.$self->{NOECHO}.'$(PERL) "-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" \
-		-MExtUtils::Mkbootstrap \
+	'.$self->{NOECHO}.'$(PERLRUN) \
+		"-MExtUtils::Mkbootstrap" \
 		-e "Mkbootstrap(\'$(BASEEXT)\',\'$(BSLOADLIBS)\');"
 	'.$self->{NOECHO}.'$(TOUCH) $(BOOTSTRAP)
 	$(CHMOD) $(PERM_RW) $@
@@ -1054,14 +975,15 @@ sub dynamic_lib {
     my($ldfrom) = '$(LDFROM)';
     $armaybe = 'ar' if ($^O eq 'dec_osf' and $armaybe eq ':');
     my(@m);
+    my $ld_opt = $Is_OS2 ? '$(OPTIMIZE) ' : '';	# Useful on other systems too?
     push(@m,'
 # This section creates the dynamically loadable $(INST_DYNAMIC)
 # from $(OBJECT) and possibly $(MYEXTLIB).
 ARMAYBE = '.$armaybe.'
-OTHERLDFLAGS = '.$otherldflags.'
+OTHERLDFLAGS = '.$ld_opt.$otherldflags.'
 INST_DYNAMIC_DEP = '.$inst_dynamic_dep.'
 
-$(INST_DYNAMIC): $(OBJECT) $(MYEXTLIB) $(BOOTSTRAP) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/.exists $(EXPORT_LIST) $(PERL_ARCHIVE) $(INST_DYNAMIC_DEP)
+$(INST_DYNAMIC): $(OBJECT) $(MYEXTLIB) $(BOOTSTRAP) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/.exists $(EXPORT_LIST) $(PERL_ARCHIVE) $(PERL_ARCHIVE_AFTER) $(INST_DYNAMIC_DEP)
 ');
     if ($armaybe ne ':'){
 	$ldfrom = 'tmp$(LIB_EXT)';
@@ -1071,11 +993,36 @@ $(INST_DYNAMIC): $(OBJECT) $(MYEXTLIB) $(BOOTSTRAP) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/.exists
     $ldfrom = "-all $ldfrom -none" if ($^O eq 'dec_osf');
 
     # The IRIX linker doesn't use LD_RUN_PATH
-    $ldrun = qq{-rpath "$self->{LD_RUN_PATH}"}
-	if ($^O eq 'irix' && $self->{LD_RUN_PATH});
+    my $ldrun = $^O eq 'irix' && $self->{LD_RUN_PATH} ?         
+                       qq{-rpath "$self->{LD_RUN_PATH}"} : '';
+
+    # For example in AIX the shared objects/libraries from previous builds
+    # linger quite a while in the shared dynalinker cache even when nobody
+    # is using them.  This is painful if one for instance tries to restart
+    # a failed build because the link command will fail unnecessarily 'cos
+    # the shared object/library is 'busy'.
+    push(@m,'	$(RM_F) $@
+');
+
+    my $libs = '$(LDLOADLIBS)';
+
+    if ($^O eq 'netbsd') {
+	# Use nothing on static perl platforms, and to the flags needed
+	# to link against the shared libperl library on shared perl
+	# platforms.  We peek at lddlflags to see if we need -Wl,-R
+	# or -R to add paths to the run-time library search path.
+	if ($Config{'useshrplib'}) {
+	    if ($Config{'lddlflags'} =~ /-Wl,-R/) {
+		$libs .= ' -L$(PERL_INC) -Wl,-R$(INSTALLARCHLIB)/CORE -lperl';
+	    } elsif ($Config{'lddlflags'} =~ /-R/) {
+		$libs .= ' -L$(PERL_INC) -R$(INSTALLARCHLIB)/CORE -lperl';
+	    }
+	}
+    }
 
-    push(@m,'	LD_RUN_PATH="$(LD_RUN_PATH)" $(LD) -o $@ '.$ldrun.' $(LDDLFLAGS) '.$ldfrom.
-		' $(OTHERLDFLAGS) $(MYEXTLIB) $(PERL_ARCHIVE) $(LDLOADLIBS) $(EXPORT_LIST)');
+    push(@m,
+'	LD_RUN_PATH="$(LD_RUN_PATH)" $(LD) '.$ldrun.' $(LDDLFLAGS) '.$ldfrom.
+' $(OTHERLDFLAGS) -o $@ $(MYEXTLIB) $(PERL_ARCHIVE) '.$libs.' $(PERL_ARCHIVE_AFTER) $(EXPORT_LIST)');
     push @m, '
 	$(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) $@
 ';
@@ -1108,22 +1055,6 @@ sub extliblist {
     $self->ext($libs, $Verbose);
 }
 
-=item file_name_is_absolute
-
-Takes as argument a path and returns true, if it is an absolute path.
-
-=cut
-
-sub file_name_is_absolute {
-    my($self,$file) = @_;
-    if ($Is_Dos){
-        $file =~ m{^([a-z]:)?[\\/]}is ;
-    }
-    else {
-        $file =~ m:^/:s ;
-    }
-}
-
 =item find_perl
 
 Finds the executables PERL and FULLPERL
@@ -1144,12 +1075,12 @@ in these dirs:
 	foreach $dir (@$dirs){
 	    next unless defined $dir; # $self->{PERL_SRC} may be undefined
 	    my ($abs, $val);
-	    if ($self->file_name_is_absolute($name)) { # /foo/bar
+	    if (File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($name)) { # /foo/bar
 		$abs = $name;
-	    } elsif ($self->canonpath($name) eq $self->canonpath(basename($name))) { # foo
-		$abs = $self->catfile($dir, $name);
+	    } elsif (File::Spec->canonpath($name) eq File::Spec->canonpath(basename($name))) { # foo
+		$abs = File::Spec->catfile($dir, $name);
 	    } else { # foo/bar
-		$abs = $self->canonpath($self->catfile($self->curdir, $name));
+		$abs = File::Spec->canonpath(File::Spec->catfile($Curdir, $name));
 	    }
 	    print "Checking $abs\n" if ($trace >= 2);
 	    next unless $self->maybe_command($abs);
@@ -1167,6 +1098,20 @@ in these dirs:
     0; # false and not empty
 }
 
+=item find_tests
+
+  my $test = $mm->find_tests;
+
+Returns a string suitable for feeding to the shell to return all
+tests in t/*.t.
+
+=cut
+
+sub find_tests {
+    my($self) = shift;
+    return 't/*.t';
+}
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
@@ -1178,18 +1123,20 @@ specified by @ExtUtils::MakeMaker::MM_Sections.
 
 =item fixin
 
-Inserts the sharpbang or equivalent magic number to a script
+  $mm->fixin(@files);
+
+Inserts the sharpbang or equivalent magic number to a set of @files.
 
 =cut
 
 sub fixin { # stolen from the pink Camel book, more or less
-    my($self,@files) = @_;
-    my($does_shbang) = $Config::Config{'sharpbang'} =~ /^\s*\#\!/;
-    my($file,$interpreter);
-    for $file (@files) {
+    my($self, @files) = @_;
+
+    my($does_shbang) = $Config{'sharpbang'} =~ /^\s*\#\!/;
+    for my $file (@files) {
 	local(*FIXIN);
 	local(*FIXOUT);
-	open(FIXIN, $file) or Carp::croak "Can't process '$file': $!";
+	open(FIXIN, $file) or croak "Can't process '$file': $!";
 	local $/ = "\n";
 	chomp(my $line = <FIXIN>);
 	next unless $line =~ s/^\s*\#!\s*//;     # Not a shbang file.
@@ -1198,6 +1145,7 @@ sub fixin { # stolen from the pink Camel book, more or less
 	$cmd =~ s!^.*/!!;
 
 	# Now look (in reverse) for interpreter in absolute PATH (unless perl).
+        my $interpreter;
 	if ($cmd eq "perl") {
             if ($Config{startperl} =~ m,^\#!.*/perl,) {
                 $interpreter = $Config{startperl};
@@ -1206,13 +1154,13 @@ sub fixin { # stolen from the pink Camel book, more or less
                 $interpreter = $Config{perlpath};
             }
 	} else {
-	    my(@absdirs) = reverse grep {$self->file_name_is_absolute} $self->path;
+	    my(@absdirs) = reverse grep {File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute} File::Spec->path;
 	    $interpreter = '';
 	    my($dir);
 	    foreach $dir (@absdirs) {
 		if ($self->maybe_command($cmd)) {
 		    warn "Ignoring $interpreter in $file\n" if $Verbose && $interpreter;
-		    $interpreter = $self->catfile($dir,$cmd);
+		    $interpreter = File::Spec->catfile($dir,$cmd);
 		}
 	    }
 	}
@@ -1250,14 +1198,6 @@ eval 'exec $interpreter $arg -S \$0 \${1+"\$\@"}'
 	close FIXIN;
 	close FIXOUT;
 
-	# can't rename/chmod open files on some DOSISH platforms
-
-	# If they override perm_rwx, we won't notice it during fixin,
-	# because fixin is run through a new instance of MakeMaker.
-	# That is why we must run another CHMOD later.
-	$mode = oct($self->perm_rwx) unless $dev;
-	chmod $mode, $file;
-
 	unless ( rename($file, "$file.bak") ) {	
 	    warn "Can't rename $file to $file.bak: $!";
 	    next;
@@ -1273,8 +1213,6 @@ eval 'exec $interpreter $arg -S \$0 \${1+"\$\@"}'
 	unlink "$file.bak";
     } continue {
 	close(FIXIN) if fileno(FIXIN);
-	chmod oct($self->perm_rwx), $file or
-	  die "Can't reset permissions for $file: $!\n";
 	system("$Config{'eunicefix'} $file") if $Config{'eunicefix'} ne ':';;
     }
 }
@@ -1332,60 +1270,10 @@ sub has_link_code {
     return $self->{HAS_LINK_CODE} = 0;
 }
 
-=item htmlifypods (o)
-
-Defines targets and routines to translate the pods into HTML manpages
-and put them into the INST_HTMLLIBDIR and INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR
-directories.
-
-=cut
-
-sub htmlifypods {
-    my($self, %attribs) = @_;
-    return "\nhtmlifypods : pure_all\n\t$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)\n" unless
-	%{$self->{HTMLLIBPODS}} || %{$self->{HTMLSCRIPTPODS}};
-    my($dist);
-    my($pod2html_exe);
-    if (defined $self->{PERL_SRC}) {
-	$pod2html_exe = $self->catfile($self->{PERL_SRC},'pod','pod2html');
-    } else {
-	$pod2html_exe = $self->catfile($Config{scriptdirexp},'pod2html');
-    }
-    unless ($pod2html_exe = $self->perl_script($pod2html_exe)) {
-	# No pod2html but some HTMLxxxPODS to be installed
-	print <<END;
-
-Warning: I could not locate your pod2html program. Please make sure,
-         your pod2html program is in your PATH before you execute 'make'
-
-END
-        $pod2html_exe = "-S pod2html";
-    }
-    my(@m);
-    push @m,
-qq[POD2HTML_EXE = $pod2html_exe\n],
-qq[POD2HTML = \$(PERL) -we 'use File::Basename; use File::Path qw(mkpath); %m=\@ARGV;for (keys %m){' \\\n],
-q[-e 'next if -e $$m{$$_} && -M $$m{$$_} < -M $$_ && -M $$m{$$_} < -M "],
- $self->{MAKEFILE}, q[";' \\
--e 'print "Htmlifying $$m{$$_}\n";' \\
--e '$$dir = dirname($$m{$$_}); mkpath($$dir) unless -d $$dir;' \\
--e 'system(qq[$$^X ].q["-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" $(POD2HTML_EXE) ].qq[$$_>$$m{$$_}])==0 or warn "Couldn\\047t install $$m{$$_}\n";' \\
--e 'chmod(oct($(PERM_RW))), $$m{$$_} or warn "chmod $(PERM_RW) $$m{$$_}: $$!\n";}'
-];
-    push @m, "\nhtmlifypods : pure_all ";
-    push @m, join " \\\n\t", keys %{$self->{HTMLLIBPODS}}, keys %{$self->{HTMLSCRIPTPODS}};
-
-    push(@m,"\n");
-    if (%{$self->{HTMLLIBPODS}} || %{$self->{HTMLSCRIPTPODS}}) {
-	push @m, "\t$self->{NOECHO}\$(POD2HTML) \\\n\t";
-	push @m, join " \\\n\t", %{$self->{HTMLLIBPODS}}, %{$self->{HTMLSCRIPTPODS}};
-    }
-    join('', @m);
-}
 
 =item init_dirscan
 
-Initializes DIR, XS, PM, C, O_FILES, H, PL_FILES, HTML*PODS, MAN*PODS, EXE_FILES.
+Initializes DIR, XS, PM, C, O_FILES, H, PL_FILES, MAN*PODS, EXE_FILES.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -1393,15 +1281,22 @@ sub init_dirscan {	# --- File and Directory Lists (.xs .pm .pod etc)
     my($self) = @_;
     my($name, %dir, %xs, %c, %h, %ignore, %pl_files, %manifypods);
     local(%pm); #the sub in find() has to see this hash
-    @ignore{qw(Makefile.PL test.pl)} = (1,1);
-    $ignore{'makefile.pl'} = 1 if $Is_VMS;
-    foreach $name ($self->lsdir($self->curdir)){
+
+    @ignore{qw(Makefile.PL test.pl t)} = (1,1,1);
+
+    # ignore the distdir
+    $Is_VMS ? $ignore{"$self->{DISTVNAME}.dir"} = 1
+            : $ignore{$self->{DISTVNAME}} = 1;
+
+    @ignore{map lc, keys %ignore} = values %ignore if $Is_VMS;
+
+    foreach $name ($self->lsdir($Curdir)){
 	next if $name =~ /\#/;
-	next if $name eq $self->curdir or $name eq $self->updir or $ignore{$name};
+	next if $name eq $Curdir or $name eq $Updir or $ignore{$name};
 	next unless $self->libscan($name);
 	if (-d $name){
 	    next if -l $name; # We do not support symlinks at all
-	    $dir{$name} = $name if (-f $self->catfile($name,"Makefile.PL"));
+	    $dir{$name} = $name if (-f File::Spec->catfile($name,"Makefile.PL"));
 	} elsif ($name =~ /\.xs\z/){
 	    my($c); ($c = $name) =~ s/\.xs\z/.c/;
 	    $xs{$name} = $c;
@@ -1420,9 +1315,11 @@ sub init_dirscan {	# --- File and Directory Lists (.xs .pm .pod etc)
 	    if ($txt =~ /Extracting \S+ \(with variable substitutions/) {
 		($pl_files{$name} = $name) =~ s/[._]pl\z//i ;
 	    }
-	    else { $pm{$name} = $self->catfile('$(INST_LIBDIR)',$name); }
+	    else { 
+                $pm{$name} = File::Spec->catfile($self->{INST_LIBDIR},$name); 
+            }
 	} elsif ($name =~ /\.(p[ml]|pod)\z/){
-	    $pm{$name} = $self->catfile('$(INST_LIBDIR)',$name);
+	    $pm{$name} = File::Spec->catfile($self->{INST_LIBDIR},$name);
 	}
     }
 
@@ -1452,8 +1349,15 @@ sub init_dirscan {	# --- File and Directory Lists (.xs .pm .pod etc)
     # (which includes PARENT_NAME). This is a subtle distinction but one
     # that's important for nested modules.
 
-    $self->{PMLIBDIRS} = ['lib', $self->{BASEEXT}]
+    if ($Is_VMS) {
+      # avoid logical name collisions by adding directory syntax
+      $self->{PMLIBDIRS} = ['./lib', './' . $self->{BASEEXT}]
 	unless $self->{PMLIBDIRS};
+    }
+    else {
+      $self->{PMLIBDIRS} = ['lib', $self->{BASEEXT}]
+       unless $self->{PMLIBDIRS};
+    }
 
     #only existing directories that aren't in $dir are allowed
 
@@ -1470,19 +1374,24 @@ sub init_dirscan {	# --- File and Directory Lists (.xs .pm .pod etc)
 	print "Searching PMLIBDIRS: @{$self->{PMLIBDIRS}}\n"
 	    if ($Verbose >= 2);
 	require File::Find;
-	File::Find::find(sub {
-	    if (-d $_){
-		if ($_ eq "CVS" || $_ eq "RCS"){
-		    $File::Find::prune = 1;
-		}
-		return;
-	    }
-	    return if /\#/;
-	    my($path, $prefix) = ($File::Find::name, '$(INST_LIBDIR)');
-	    my($striplibpath,$striplibname);
-	    $prefix =  '$(INST_LIB)' if (($striplibpath = $path) =~ s:^(\W*)lib\W:$1:i);
-	    ($striplibname,$striplibpath) = fileparse($striplibpath);
-	    my($inst) = $self->catfile($prefix,$striplibpath,$striplibname);
+        File::Find::find(sub {
+            if (-d $_){
+                if ($_ eq "CVS" || $_ eq "RCS"){
+                    $File::Find::prune = 1;
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+            return if /\#/;
+            return if /~$/;    # emacs temp files
+
+	    my $path   = $File::Find::name;
+            my $prefix = $self->{INST_LIBDIR};
+            my $striplibpath;
+
+	    $prefix =  $self->{INST_LIB} 
+                if ($striplibpath = $path) =~ s:^(\W*)lib\W:$1:i;
+
+	    my($inst) = File::Spec->catfile($prefix,$striplibpath);
 	    local($_) = $inst; # for backwards compatibility
 	    $inst = $self->libscan($inst);
 	    print "libscan($path) => '$inst'\n" if ($Verbose >= 2);
@@ -1502,14 +1411,15 @@ sub init_dirscan {	# --- File and Directory Lists (.xs .pm .pod etc)
 
     # Set up names of manual pages to generate from pods
     my %pods;
-    foreach my $man (qw(MAN1 MAN3 HTMLLIB HTMLSCRIPT)) {
+    foreach my $man (qw(MAN1 MAN3)) {
 	unless ($self->{"${man}PODS"}) {
 	    $self->{"${man}PODS"} = {};
-	    $pods{$man} = 1 unless $self->{"INST_${man}DIR"} =~ /^(none|\s*)$/;
+	    $pods{$man} = 1 unless 
+              $self->{"INSTALL${man}DIR"} =~ /^(none|\s*)$/;
 	}
     }
 
-    if ($pods{MAN1} || $pods{HTMLSCRIPT}) {
+    if ($pods{MAN1}) {
 	if ( exists $self->{EXE_FILES} ) {
 	    foreach $name (@{$self->{EXE_FILES}}) {
 		local *FH;
@@ -1527,18 +1437,14 @@ sub init_dirscan {	# --- File and Directory Lists (.xs .pm .pod etc)
 		    $ispod = 1;
 		}
 		next unless $ispod;
-		if ($pods{HTMLSCRIPT}) {
-		    $self->{HTMLSCRIPTPODS}->{$name} =
-		      $self->catfile("\$(INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR)", basename($name).".\$(HTMLEXT)");
-		}
 		if ($pods{MAN1}) {
 		    $self->{MAN1PODS}->{$name} =
-		      $self->catfile("\$(INST_MAN1DIR)", basename($name).".\$(MAN1EXT)");
+		      File::Spec->catfile("\$(INST_MAN1DIR)", basename($name).".\$(MAN1EXT)");
 		}
 	    }
 	}
     }
-    if ($pods{MAN3} || $pods{HTMLLIB}) {
+    if ($pods{MAN3}) {
 	my %manifypods = (); # we collect the keys first, i.e. the files
 			     # we have to convert to pod
 	foreach $name (keys %{$self->{PM}}) {
@@ -1565,25 +1471,22 @@ sub init_dirscan {	# --- File and Directory Lists (.xs .pm .pod etc)
 	}
 
 	# Remove "Configure.pm" and similar, if it's not the only pod listed
-	# To force inclusion, just name it "Configure.pod", or override MAN3PODS
+	# To force inclusion, just name it "Configure.pod", or override 
+        # MAN3PODS
 	foreach $name (keys %manifypods) {
-	    if ($name =~ /(config|setup).*\.pm/is) {
+           if ($self->{PERL_CORE} and $name =~ /(config|setup).*\.pm/is) {
 		delete $manifypods{$name};
 		next;
 	    }
 	    my($manpagename) = $name;
 	    $manpagename =~ s/\.p(od|m|l)\z//;
-	    if ($pods{HTMLLIB}) {
-		$self->{HTMLLIBPODS}->{$name} =
-		  $self->catfile("\$(INST_HTMLLIBDIR)", "$manpagename.\$(HTMLEXT)");
-	    }
 	    unless ($manpagename =~ s!^\W*lib\W+!!s) { # everything below lib is ok
-		$manpagename = $self->catfile(split(/::/,$self->{PARENT_NAME}),$manpagename);
+		$manpagename = File::Spec->catfile(split(/::/,$self->{PARENT_NAME}),$manpagename);
 	    }
 	    if ($pods{MAN3}) {
 		$manpagename = $self->replace_manpage_separator($manpagename);
 		$self->{MAN3PODS}->{$name} =
-		  $self->catfile("\$(INST_MAN3DIR)", "$manpagename.\$(MAN3EXT)");
+		  File::Spec->catfile("\$(INST_MAN3DIR)", "$manpagename.\$(MAN3EXT)");
 	    }
 	}
     }
@@ -1591,10 +1494,12 @@ sub init_dirscan {	# --- File and Directory Lists (.xs .pm .pod etc)
 
 =item init_main
 
-Initializes NAME, FULLEXT, BASEEXT, PARENT_NAME, DLBASE, PERL_SRC,
-PERL_LIB, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_INC, INSTALLDIRS, INST_*, INSTALL*,
-PREFIX, CONFIG, AR, AR_STATIC_ARGS, LD, OBJ_EXT, LIB_EXT, EXE_EXT, MAP_TARGET,
-LIBPERL_A, VERSION_FROM, VERSION, DISTNAME, VERSION_SYM.
+Initializes AR, AR_STATIC_ARGS, BASEEXT, CONFIG, DISTNAME, DLBASE,
+EXE_EXT, FULLEXT, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN, FULLPERLRUNINST, INST_*,
+INSTALL*, INSTALLDIRS, LD, LIB_EXT, LIBPERL_A, MAP_TARGET, NAME,
+OBJ_EXT, PARENT_NAME, PERL, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_INC, PERL_LIB,
+PERL_SRC, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PREFIX, VERSION,
+VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS_VERSION.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -1606,12 +1511,11 @@ sub init_main {
     # NAME    = Foo::Bar::Oracle
     # FULLEXT = Foo/Bar/Oracle
     # BASEEXT = Oracle
-    # ROOTEXT = Directory part of FULLEXT with leading /. !!! Deprecated from MM 5.32 !!!
     # PARENT_NAME = Foo::Bar
 ### Only UNIX:
 ###    ($self->{FULLEXT} =
 ###     $self->{NAME}) =~ s!::!/!g ; #eg. BSD/Foo/Socket
-    $self->{FULLEXT} = $self->catdir(split /::/, $self->{NAME});
+    $self->{FULLEXT} = File::Spec->catdir(split /::/, $self->{NAME});
 
 
     # Copied from DynaLoader:
@@ -1627,6 +1531,7 @@ sub init_main {
     }
 
     ($self->{PARENT_NAME}, $self->{BASEEXT}) = $self->{NAME} =~ m!(?:([\w:]+)::)?(\w+)\z! ;
+    $self->{PARENT_NAME} ||= '';
 
     if (defined &DynaLoader::mod2fname) {
 	# As of 5.001m, dl_os2 appends '_'
@@ -1636,13 +1541,7 @@ sub init_main {
     }
 
 
-    ### ROOTEXT deprecated from MM 5.32
-###    ($self->{ROOTEXT} =
-###     $self->{FULLEXT}) =~ s#/?\Q$self->{BASEEXT}\E$## ;      #eg. /BSD/Foo
-###    $self->{ROOTEXT} = ($Is_VMS ? '' : '/') . $self->{ROOTEXT} if $self->{ROOTEXT};
-
-
-    # --- Initialize PERL_LIB, INST_LIB, PERL_SRC
+    # --- Initialize PERL_LIB, PERL_SRC
 
     # *Real* information: where did we get these two from? ...
     my $inc_config_dir = dirname($INC{'Config.pm'});
@@ -1650,31 +1549,51 @@ sub init_main {
 
     unless ($self->{PERL_SRC}){
 	my($dir);
-	foreach $dir ($self->updir(),$self->catdir($self->updir(),$self->updir()),$self->catdir($self->updir(),$self->updir(),$self->updir())){
+	foreach $dir ($Updir,
+                      File::Spec->catdir($Updir,$Updir),
+                      File::Spec->catdir($Updir,$Updir,$Updir),
+                      File::Spec->catdir($Updir,$Updir,$Updir,$Updir),
+                      File::Spec->catdir($Updir,$Updir,$Updir,$Updir,$Updir))
+        {
 	    if (
-		-f $self->catfile($dir,"config.sh")
+		-f File::Spec->catfile($dir,"config_h.SH")
 		&&
-		-f $self->catfile($dir,"perl.h")
+		-f File::Spec->catfile($dir,"perl.h")
 		&&
-		-f $self->catfile($dir,"lib","Exporter.pm")
+		-f File::Spec->catfile($dir,"lib","Exporter.pm")
 	       ) {
 		$self->{PERL_SRC}=$dir ;
 		last;
 	    }
 	}
     }
+
+    warn "PERL_CORE is set but I can't find your PERL_SRC!\n" if
+      $self->{PERL_CORE} and !$self->{PERL_SRC};
+
     if ($self->{PERL_SRC}){
-	$self->{PERL_LIB}     ||= $self->catdir("$self->{PERL_SRC}","lib");
-	$self->{PERL_ARCHLIB} = $self->{PERL_LIB};
-	$self->{PERL_INC}     = ($Is_Win32) ? $self->catdir($self->{PERL_LIB},"CORE") : $self->{PERL_SRC};
+	$self->{PERL_LIB}     ||= File::Spec->catdir("$self->{PERL_SRC}","lib");
+
+        if (defined $Cross::platform) {
+            $self->{PERL_ARCHLIB} = 
+              File::Spec->catdir("$self->{PERL_SRC}","xlib",$Cross::platform);
+            $self->{PERL_INC}     = 
+              File::Spec->catdir("$self->{PERL_SRC}","xlib",$Cross::platform, 
+                                 $Is_Win32?("CORE"):());
+        }
+        else {
+            $self->{PERL_ARCHLIB} = $self->{PERL_LIB};
+            $self->{PERL_INC}     = ($Is_Win32) ? 
+              File::Spec->catdir($self->{PERL_LIB},"CORE") : $self->{PERL_SRC};
+        }
 
 	# catch a situation that has occurred a few times in the past:
 	unless (
-		-s $self->catfile($self->{PERL_SRC},'cflags')
+		-s File::Spec->catfile($self->{PERL_SRC},'cflags')
 		or
 		$Is_VMS
 		&&
-		-s $self->catfile($self->{PERL_SRC},'perlshr_attr.opt')
+		-s File::Spec->catfile($self->{PERL_SRC},'perlshr_attr.opt')
 		or
 		$Is_Mac
 		or
@@ -1697,22 +1616,22 @@ from the perl source tree.
     } else {
 	# we should also consider $ENV{PERL5LIB} here
         my $old = $self->{PERL_LIB} || $self->{PERL_ARCHLIB} || $self->{PERL_INC};
-	$self->{PERL_LIB}     ||= $Config::Config{privlibexp};
-	$self->{PERL_ARCHLIB} ||= $Config::Config{archlibexp};
-	$self->{PERL_INC}     = $self->catdir("$self->{PERL_ARCHLIB}","CORE"); # wild guess for now
+	$self->{PERL_LIB}     ||= $Config{privlibexp};
+	$self->{PERL_ARCHLIB} ||= $Config{archlibexp};
+	$self->{PERL_INC}     = File::Spec->catdir("$self->{PERL_ARCHLIB}","CORE"); # wild guess for now
 	my $perl_h;
 
-	if (not -f ($perl_h = $self->catfile($self->{PERL_INC},"perl.h"))
+	if (not -f ($perl_h = File::Spec->catfile($self->{PERL_INC},"perl.h"))
 	    and not $old){
 	    # Maybe somebody tries to build an extension with an
 	    # uninstalled Perl outside of Perl build tree
 	    my $found;
 	    for my $dir (@INC) {
-	      $found = $dir, last if -e $self->catdir($dir, "Config.pm");
+	      $found = $dir, last if -e File::Spec->catdir($dir, "Config.pm");
 	    }
 	    if ($found) {
 	      my $inc = dirname $found;
-	      if (-e $self->catdir($inc, "perl.h")) {
+	      if (-e File::Spec->catdir($inc, "perl.h")) {
 		$self->{PERL_LIB}	   = $found;
 		$self->{PERL_ARCHLIB}	   = $found;
 		$self->{PERL_INC}	   = $inc;
@@ -1724,7 +1643,8 @@ EOP
 	    }
 	}
 	
-	unless (-f ($perl_h = $self->catfile($self->{PERL_INC},"perl.h"))){
+	unless(-f ($perl_h = File::Spec->catfile($self->{PERL_INC},"perl.h")))
+        {
 	    die qq{
 Error: Unable to locate installed Perl libraries or Perl source code.
 
@@ -1749,199 +1669,25 @@ usually solves this kind of problem.
     # MakeMaker.
     $self->{INSTALLDIRS} ||= "site";
 
-    # INST_LIB typically pre-set if building an extension after
-    # perl has been built and installed. Setting INST_LIB allows
-    # you to build directly into, say $Config::Config{privlibexp}.
-    unless ($self->{INST_LIB}){
-
-
-	##### XXXXX We have to change this nonsense
 
-	if (defined $self->{PERL_SRC} and $self->{INSTALLDIRS} eq "perl") {
-	    $self->{INST_LIB} = $self->{INST_ARCHLIB} = $self->{PERL_LIB};
-	} else {
-	    $self->{INST_LIB} = $self->catdir($self->curdir,"blib","lib");
-	}
-    }
-    $self->{INST_ARCHLIB} ||= $self->catdir($self->curdir,"blib","arch");
-    $self->{INST_BIN} ||= $self->catdir($self->curdir,'blib','bin');
-
-    # We need to set up INST_LIBDIR before init_libscan() for VMS
-    my @parentdir = split(/::/, $self->{PARENT_NAME});
-    $self->{INST_LIBDIR} = $self->catdir('$(INST_LIB)',@parentdir);
-    $self->{INST_ARCHLIBDIR} = $self->catdir('$(INST_ARCHLIB)',@parentdir);
-    $self->{INST_AUTODIR} = $self->catdir('$(INST_LIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)');
-    $self->{INST_ARCHAUTODIR} = $self->catdir('$(INST_ARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)');
-
-    # INST_EXE is deprecated, should go away March '97
-    $self->{INST_EXE} ||= $self->catdir($self->curdir,'blib','script');
-    $self->{INST_SCRIPT} ||= $self->catdir($self->curdir,'blib','script');
-
-    # The user who requests an installation directory explicitly
-    # should not have to tell us a architecture installation directory
-    # as well. We look if a directory exists that is named after the
-    # architecture. If not we take it as a sign that it should be the
-    # same as the requested installation directory. Otherwise we take
-    # the found one.
-    # We do the same thing twice: for privlib/archlib and for sitelib/sitearch
-    my($libpair);
-    for $libpair ({l=>"privlib", a=>"archlib"}, {l=>"sitelib", a=>"sitearch"}) {
-	my $lib = "install$libpair->{l}";
-	my $Lib = uc $lib;
-	my $Arch = uc "install$libpair->{a}";
-	if( $self->{$Lib} && ! $self->{$Arch} ){
-	    my($ilib) = $Config{$lib};
-	    $ilib = VMS::Filespec::unixify($ilib) if $Is_VMS;
-
-	    $self->prefixify($Arch,$ilib,$self->{$Lib});
-
-	    unless (-d $self->{$Arch}) {
-		print STDOUT "Directory $self->{$Arch} not found, thusly\n" if $Verbose;
-		$self->{$Arch} = $self->{$Lib};
-	    }
-	    print STDOUT "Defaulting $Arch to $self->{$Arch}\n" if $Verbose;
-	}
-    }
-
-    # we have to look at the relation between $Config{prefix} and the
-    # requested values. We're going to set the $Config{prefix} part of
-    # all the installation path variables to literally $(PREFIX), so
-    # the user can still say make PREFIX=foo
-    my($configure_prefix) = $Config{'prefix'};
-    $configure_prefix = VMS::Filespec::unixify($configure_prefix) if $Is_VMS;
-    $self->{PREFIX} ||= $configure_prefix;
-
-
-    my($install_variable,$search_prefix,$replace_prefix);
-
-    # If the prefix contains perl, Configure shapes the tree as follows:
-    #    perlprefix/lib/                INSTALLPRIVLIB
-    #    perlprefix/lib/pod/
-    #    perlprefix/lib/site_perl/	INSTALLSITELIB
-    #    perlprefix/bin/		INSTALLBIN
-    #    perlprefix/man/		INSTALLMAN1DIR
-    # else
-    #    prefix/lib/perl5/		INSTALLPRIVLIB
-    #    prefix/lib/perl5/pod/
-    #    prefix/lib/perl5/site_perl/	INSTALLSITELIB
-    #    prefix/bin/			INSTALLBIN
-    #    prefix/lib/perl5/man/		INSTALLMAN1DIR
-    #
-    # The above results in various kinds of breakage on various
-    # platforms, so we cope with it as follows: if prefix/lib/perl5
-    # or prefix/lib/perl5/man exist, we'll replace those instead
-    # of /prefix/{lib,man}
-
-    $replace_prefix = qq[\$\(PREFIX\)];
-    for $install_variable (qw/
-			   INSTALLBIN
-			   INSTALLSCRIPT
-			   /) {
-	$self->prefixify($install_variable,$configure_prefix,$replace_prefix);
-    }
-    my $funkylibdir = $self->catdir($configure_prefix,"lib","perl5");
-    $funkylibdir = '' unless -d $funkylibdir;
-    $search_prefix = $funkylibdir || $self->catdir($configure_prefix,"lib");
-    if ($self->{LIB}) {
-	$self->{INSTALLPRIVLIB} = $self->{INSTALLSITELIB} = $self->{LIB};
-	$self->{INSTALLARCHLIB} = $self->{INSTALLSITEARCH} = 
-	    $self->catdir($self->{LIB},$Config{'archname'});
-    }
-    else {
-	if (-d $self->catdir($self->{PREFIX},"lib","perl5")) {
-	    $replace_prefix = $self->catdir(qq[\$\(PREFIX\)],"lib", "perl5");
-	}
-	else {
-	    $replace_prefix = $self->catdir(qq[\$\(PREFIX\)],"lib");
-	}
-	for $install_variable (qw/
-			       INSTALLPRIVLIB
-			       INSTALLARCHLIB
-			       INSTALLSITELIB
-			       INSTALLSITEARCH
-			       /)
-	{
-	    $self->prefixify($install_variable,$search_prefix,$replace_prefix);
-	}
-    }
-    my $funkymandir = $self->catdir($configure_prefix,"lib","perl5","man");
-    $funkymandir = '' unless -d $funkymandir;
-    $search_prefix = $funkymandir || $self->catdir($configure_prefix,"man");
-    if (-d $self->catdir($self->{PREFIX},"lib","perl5", "man")) {
-	$replace_prefix = $self->catdir(qq[\$\(PREFIX\)],"lib", "perl5", "man");
-    }
-    else {
-	$replace_prefix = $self->catdir(qq[\$\(PREFIX\)],"man");
-    }
-    for $install_variable (qw/
-			   INSTALLMAN1DIR
-			   INSTALLMAN3DIR
-			   /)
-    {
-	$self->prefixify($install_variable,$search_prefix,$replace_prefix);
-    }
-
-    # Now we head at the manpages. Maybe they DO NOT want manpages
-    # installed
-    $self->{INSTALLMAN1DIR} = $Config::Config{installman1dir}
-	unless defined $self->{INSTALLMAN1DIR};
-    unless (defined $self->{INST_MAN1DIR}){
-	if ($self->{INSTALLMAN1DIR} =~ /^(none|\s*)$/){
-	    $self->{INST_MAN1DIR} = $self->{INSTALLMAN1DIR};
-	} else {
-	    $self->{INST_MAN1DIR} = $self->catdir($self->curdir,'blib','man1');
-	}
-    }
-    $self->{MAN1EXT} ||= $Config::Config{man1ext};
-
-    $self->{INSTALLMAN3DIR} = $Config::Config{installman3dir}
-	unless defined $self->{INSTALLMAN3DIR};
-    unless (defined $self->{INST_MAN3DIR}){
-	if ($self->{INSTALLMAN3DIR} =~ /^(none|\s*)$/){
-	    $self->{INST_MAN3DIR} = $self->{INSTALLMAN3DIR};
-	} else {
-	    $self->{INST_MAN3DIR} = $self->catdir($self->curdir,'blib','man3');
-	}
-    }
-    $self->{MAN3EXT} ||= $Config::Config{man3ext};
-
-    $self->{INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR} = $Config::Config{installhtmlprivlibdir}
-        unless defined $self->{INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR};
-    $self->{INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR} = $Config::Config{installhtmlsitelibdir}
-        unless defined $self->{INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR};
-
-    unless (defined $self->{INST_HTMLLIBDIR}){
-	if ($self->{INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR} =~ /^(none|\s*)$/){
-	    $self->{INST_HTMLLIBDIR} = $self->{INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR};
-	} else {
-	    $self->{INST_HTMLLIBDIR} = $self->catdir($self->curdir,'blib','html','lib');
-	}
-    }
-
-    $self->{INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR} = $Config::Config{installhtmlscriptdir}
-        unless defined $self->{INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR};
-    unless (defined $self->{INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR}){
-	if ($self->{INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR} =~ /^(none|\s*)$/){
-	    $self->{INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR} = $self->{INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR};
-	} else {
-	    $self->{INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR} = $self->catdir($self->curdir,'blib','html','bin');
-	}
-    }
-    $self->{HTMLEXT} ||= $Config::Config{htmlext} || 'html';
+    $self->init_INST;
+    $self->init_INSTALL;
 
+    $self->{MAN1EXT} ||= $Config{man1ext};
+    $self->{MAN3EXT} ||= $Config{man3ext};
 
     # Get some stuff out of %Config if we haven't yet done so
     print STDOUT "CONFIG must be an array ref\n"
 	if ($self->{CONFIG} and ref $self->{CONFIG} ne 'ARRAY');
     $self->{CONFIG} = [] unless (ref $self->{CONFIG});
     push(@{$self->{CONFIG}}, @ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Get_from_Config);
-    push(@{$self->{CONFIG}}, 'shellflags') if $Config::Config{shellflags};
+    push(@{$self->{CONFIG}}, 'shellflags') if $Config{shellflags};
     my(%once_only,$m);
     foreach $m (@{$self->{CONFIG}}){
 	next if $once_only{$m};
 	print STDOUT "CONFIG key '$m' does not exist in Config.pm\n"
-		unless exists $Config::Config{$m};
-	$self->{uc $m} ||= $Config::Config{$m};
+		unless exists $Config{$m};
+	$self->{uc $m} ||= $Config{$m};
 	$once_only{$m} = 1;
     }
 
@@ -1966,25 +1712,30 @@ usually solves this kind of problem.
     # make a simple check if we find Exporter
     warn "Warning: PERL_LIB ($self->{PERL_LIB}) seems not to be a perl library directory
         (Exporter.pm not found)"
-	unless -f $self->catfile("$self->{PERL_LIB}","Exporter.pm") ||
+	unless -f File::Spec->catfile("$self->{PERL_LIB}","Exporter.pm") ||
         $self->{NAME} eq "ExtUtils::MakeMaker";
 
     # Determine VERSION and VERSION_FROM
     ($self->{DISTNAME}=$self->{NAME}) =~ s#(::)#-#g unless $self->{DISTNAME};
     if ($self->{VERSION_FROM}){
-	$self->{VERSION} = $self->parse_version($self->{VERSION_FROM}) or
-	    Carp::carp "WARNING: Setting VERSION via file '$self->{VERSION_FROM}' failed\n"
+	$self->{VERSION} = $self->parse_version($self->{VERSION_FROM});
+        if( $self->{VERSION} eq 'undef' ) {
+	    carp "WARNING: Setting VERSION via file ".
+                 "'$self->{VERSION_FROM}' failed\n";
+        }
     }
 
     # strip blanks
-    if ($self->{VERSION}) {
+    if (defined $self->{VERSION}) {
 	$self->{VERSION} =~ s/^\s+//;
 	$self->{VERSION} =~ s/\s+$//;
     }
-
-    $self->{VERSION} ||= "0.10";
+    else {
+        $self->{VERSION} = '';
+    }
     ($self->{VERSION_SYM} = $self->{VERSION}) =~ s/\W/_/g;
 
+    $self->{DISTVNAME} = "$self->{DISTNAME}-$self->{VERSION}";
 
     # Graham Barr and Paul Marquess had some ideas how to ensure
     # version compatibility between the *.pm file and the
@@ -1992,25 +1743,9 @@ usually solves this kind of problem.
     # XS_VERSION macro that defaults to VERSION:
     $self->{XS_VERSION} ||= $self->{VERSION};
 
-    # --- Initialize Perl Binary Locations
 
-    # Find Perl 5. The only contract here is that both 'PERL' and 'FULLPERL'
-    # will be working versions of perl 5. miniperl has priority over perl
-    # for PERL to ensure that $(PERL) is usable while building ./ext/*
-    my ($component,@defpath);
-    foreach $component ($self->{PERL_SRC}, $self->path(), $Config::Config{binexp}) {
-	push @defpath, $component if defined $component;
-    }
-    $self->{PERL} ||=
-        $self->find_perl(5.0, [ $self->canonpath($^X), 'miniperl',
-				'perl','perl5',"perl$Config{version}" ],
-	    \@defpath, $Verbose );
-    # don't check if perl is executable, maybe they have decided to
-    # supply switches with perl
-
-    # Define 'FULLPERL' to be a non-miniperl (used in test: target)
-    ($self->{FULLPERL} = $self->{PERL}) =~ s/miniperl/perl/i
-	unless ($self->{FULLPERL});
+    # --- Initialize Perl Binary Locations
+    $self->init_PERL;
 }
 
 =item init_others
@@ -2039,7 +1774,8 @@ sub init_others {	# --- Initialize Other Attributes
 	my(@libs) = $self->extliblist($libs);
 	if ($libs[0] or $libs[1] or $libs[2]){
 	    # LD_RUN_PATH now computed by ExtUtils::Liblist
-	    ($self->{EXTRALIBS}, $self->{BSLOADLIBS}, $self->{LDLOADLIBS}, $self->{LD_RUN_PATH}) = @libs;
+	    ($self->{EXTRALIBS},  $self->{BSLOADLIBS}, 
+             $self->{LDLOADLIBS}, $self->{LD_RUN_PATH}) = @libs;
 	    last;
 	}
     }
@@ -2063,25 +1799,414 @@ sub init_others {	# --- Initialize Other Attributes
     if (!$self->{LINKTYPE}) {
        $self->{LINKTYPE} = $self->{SKIPHASH}{'dynamic'}
                         ? 'static'
-                        : ($Config::Config{usedl} ? 'dynamic' : 'static');
+                        : ($Config{usedl} ? 'dynamic' : 'static');
     };
 
-    # These get overridden for VMS and maybe some other systems
-    $self->{NOOP}  ||= '$(SHELL) -c true';
-    $self->{FIRST_MAKEFILE} ||= "Makefile";
-    $self->{MAKEFILE} ||= $self->{FIRST_MAKEFILE};
-    $self->{MAKE_APERL_FILE} ||= "Makefile.aperl";
-    $self->{NOECHO} = '@' unless defined $self->{NOECHO};
-    $self->{RM_F}  ||= "rm -f";
-    $self->{RM_RF} ||= "rm -rf";
-    $self->{TOUCH} ||= "touch";
-    $self->{TEST_F} ||= "test -f";
-    $self->{CP} ||= "cp";
-    $self->{MV} ||= "mv";
-    $self->{CHMOD} ||= "chmod";
-    $self->{UMASK_NULL} ||= "umask 0";
-    $self->{DEV_NULL} ||= "> /dev/null 2>&1";
+    # These get overridden for VMS and maybe some other systems
+    $self->{NOOP}  ||= '$(SHELL) -c true';
+    $self->{FIRST_MAKEFILE} ||= "Makefile";
+    $self->{MAKEFILE} ||= $self->{FIRST_MAKEFILE};
+    $self->{MAKE_APERL_FILE} ||= "Makefile.aperl";
+    $self->{NOECHO} = '@' unless defined $self->{NOECHO};
+    $self->{RM_F}  ||= "rm -f";
+    $self->{RM_RF} ||= "rm -rf";
+    $self->{TOUCH} ||= "touch";
+    $self->{TEST_F} ||= "test -f";
+    $self->{CP} ||= "cp";
+    $self->{MV} ||= "mv";
+    $self->{CHMOD} ||= "chmod";
+    $self->{UMASK_NULL} ||= "umask 0";
+    $self->{DEV_NULL} ||= "> /dev/null 2>&1";
+}
+
+=item init_INST
+
+    $mm->init_INST;
+
+Called by init_main.  Sets up all INST_* variables.
+
+=cut
+
+sub init_INST {
+    my($self) = shift;
+
+    $self->{INST_ARCHLIB} ||= File::Spec->catdir($Curdir,"blib","arch");
+    $self->{INST_BIN}     ||= File::Spec->catdir($Curdir,'blib','bin');
+
+    # INST_LIB typically pre-set if building an extension after
+    # perl has been built and installed. Setting INST_LIB allows
+    # you to build directly into, say $Config{privlibexp}.
+    unless ($self->{INST_LIB}){
+	if ($self->{PERL_CORE}) {
+            if (defined $Cross::platform) {
+                $self->{INST_LIB} = $self->{INST_ARCHLIB} = 
+                  File::Spec->catdir($self->{PERL_LIB},"..","xlib",
+                                     $Cross::platform);
+            }
+            else {
+                $self->{INST_LIB} = $self->{INST_ARCHLIB} = $self->{PERL_LIB};
+            }
+	} else {
+	    $self->{INST_LIB} = File::Spec->catdir($Curdir,"blib","lib");
+	}
+    }
+
+    my @parentdir = split(/::/, $self->{PARENT_NAME});
+    $self->{INST_LIBDIR} = File::Spec->catdir($self->{INST_LIB},@parentdir);
+    $self->{INST_ARCHLIBDIR} = File::Spec->catdir($self->{INST_ARCHLIB},
+                                                  @parentdir);
+    $self->{INST_AUTODIR} = File::Spec->catdir($self->{INST_LIB},'auto',
+                                               $self->{FULLEXT});
+    $self->{INST_ARCHAUTODIR} = File::Spec->catdir($self->{INST_ARCHLIB},
+                                                   'auto',$self->{FULLEXT});
+
+    $self->{INST_SCRIPT} ||= File::Spec->catdir($Curdir,'blib','script');
+
+    $self->{INST_MAN1DIR} ||= File::Spec->catdir($Curdir,'blib','man1');
+    $self->{INST_MAN3DIR} ||= File::Spec->catdir($Curdir,'blib','man3');
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+=item init_INSTALL
+
+    $mm->init_INSTALL;
+
+Called by init_main.  Sets up all INSTALL_* variables (except
+INSTALLDIRS) and PREFIX.
+
+=cut
+
+sub init_INSTALL {
+    my($self) = shift;
+
+    $self->init_lib2arch;
+
+    if( $Config{usevendorprefix} ) {
+        $Config_Override{installvendorman1dir} =
+          File::Spec->catdir($Config{vendorprefixexp}, 'man', 'man$(MAN1EXT)');
+        $Config_Override{installvendorman3dir} =
+          File::Spec->catdir($Config{vendorprefixexp}, 'man', 'man$(MAN3EXT)');
+    }
+    else {
+        $Config_Override{installvendorman1dir} = '';
+        $Config_Override{installvendorman3dir} = '';
+    }
+
+    my $iprefix = $Config{installprefixexp} || $Config{installprefix} || 
+                  $Config{prefixexp}        || $Config{prefix} || '';
+    my $vprefix = $Config{usevendorprefix}  ? $Config{vendorprefixexp} : '';
+    my $sprefix = $Config{siteprefixexp}    || '';
+
+    # 5.005_03 doesn't have a siteprefix.
+    $sprefix = $iprefix unless $sprefix;
+
+    # There are often no Config.pm defaults for these, but we can make
+    # it up.
+    unless( $Config{installsiteman1dir} ) {
+        $Config_Override{installsiteman1dir} = 
+          File::Spec->catdir($sprefix, 'man', 'man$(MAN1EXT)');
+    }
+
+    unless( $Config{installsiteman3dir} ) {
+        $Config_Override{installsiteman3dir} = 
+          File::Spec->catdir($sprefix, 'man', 'man$(MAN3EXT)');
+    }
+
+    unless( $Config{installsitebin} ) {
+        $Config_Override{installsitebin} =
+          File::Spec->catdir($sprefix, 'bin');
+    }
+
+    my $u_prefix  = $self->{PREFIX}       || '';
+    my $u_sprefix = $self->{SITEPREFIX}   || $u_prefix;
+    my $u_vprefix = $self->{VENDORPREFIX} || $u_prefix;
+
+    $self->{PREFIX}       ||= $u_prefix  || $iprefix;
+    $self->{SITEPREFIX}   ||= $u_sprefix || $sprefix;
+    $self->{VENDORPREFIX} ||= $u_vprefix || $vprefix;
+
+    my $arch    = $Config{archname};
+    my $version = $Config{version};
+
+    # default style
+    my $libstyle = 'lib/perl5';
+    my $manstyle = '';
+
+    if( $self->{LIBSTYLE} ) {
+        $libstyle = $self->{LIBSTYLE};
+        $manstyle = $self->{LIBSTYLE} eq 'lib/perl5' ? 'lib/perl5' : '';
+    }
+
+    # Some systems, like VOS, set installman*dir to '' if they can't
+    # read man pages.
+    for my $num (1, 3) {
+        $self->{'INSTALLMAN'.$num.'DIR'} ||= 'none'
+          unless $Config{'installman'.$num.'dir'};
+    }
+
+    my %bin_layouts = 
+    (
+        bin         => { s => $iprefix,
+                         r => $u_prefix,
+                         d => 'bin' },
+        vendorbin   => { s => $vprefix,
+                         r => $u_vprefix,
+                         d => 'bin' },
+        sitebin     => { s => $sprefix,
+                         r => $u_sprefix,
+                         d => 'bin' },
+        script      => { s => $iprefix,
+                         r => $u_prefix,
+                         d => 'bin' },
+    );
+    
+    my %man_layouts =
+    (
+        man1dir         => { s => $iprefix,
+                             r => $u_prefix,
+                             d => 'man/man$(MAN1EXT)',
+                             style => $manstyle, },
+        siteman1dir     => { s => $sprefix,
+                             r => $u_sprefix,
+                             d => 'man/man$(MAN1EXT)',
+                             style => $manstyle, },
+        vendorman1dir   => { s => $vprefix,
+                             r => $u_vprefix,
+                             d => 'man/man$(MAN1EXT)',
+                             style => $manstyle, },
+
+        man3dir         => { s => $iprefix,
+                             r => $u_prefix,
+                             d => 'man/man$(MAN3EXT)',
+                             style => $manstyle, },
+        siteman3dir     => { s => $sprefix,
+                             r => $u_sprefix,
+                             d => 'man/man$(MAN3EXT)',
+                             style => $manstyle, },
+        vendorman3dir   => { s => $vprefix,
+                             r => $u_vprefix,
+                             d => 'man/man$(MAN3EXT)',
+                             style => $manstyle, },
+    );
+
+    my %lib_layouts =
+    (
+        privlib     => { s => $iprefix,
+                         r => $u_prefix,
+                         d => '',
+                         style => $libstyle, },
+        vendorlib   => { s => $vprefix,
+                         r => $u_vprefix,
+                         d => '',
+                         style => $libstyle, },
+        sitelib     => { s => $sprefix,
+                         r => $u_sprefix,
+                         d => 'site_perl',
+                         style => $libstyle, },
+        
+        archlib     => { s => $iprefix,
+                         r => $u_prefix,
+                         d => "$version/$arch",
+                         style => $libstyle },
+        vendorarch  => { s => $vprefix,
+                         r => $u_vprefix,
+                         d => "$version/$arch",
+                         style => $libstyle },
+        sitearch    => { s => $sprefix,
+                         r => $u_sprefix,
+                         d => "site_perl/$version/$arch",
+                         style => $libstyle },
+    );
+
+
+    # Special case for LIB.
+    if( $self->{LIB} ) {
+        foreach my $var (keys %lib_layouts) {
+            my $Installvar = uc "install$var";
+
+            if( $var =~ /arch/ ) {
+                $self->{$Installvar} ||= 
+                  File::Spec->catdir($self->{LIB}, $Config{archname});
+            }
+            else {
+                $self->{$Installvar} ||= $self->{LIB};
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    my %layouts = (%bin_layouts, %man_layouts, %lib_layouts);
+    while( my($var, $layout) = each(%layouts) ) {
+        my($s, $r, $d, $style) = @{$layout}{qw(s r d style)};
+
+        print STDERR "Prefixing $var\n" if $Verbose >= 2;
+
+        my $installvar = "install$var";
+        my $Installvar = uc $installvar;
+        next if $self->{$Installvar};
+
+        if( $r ) {
+            $d = "$style/$d" if $style;
+            $self->prefixify($installvar, $s, $r, $d);
+        }
+        else {
+            $self->{$Installvar} = $Config_Override{$installvar} || 
+                                   $Config{$installvar};
+        }
+
+        print STDERR "  $Installvar == $self->{$Installvar}\n" 
+          if $Verbose >= 2;
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+=begin _protected
+
+=item init_lib2arch
+
+    $mm->init_lib2arch
+
+=end _protected
+
+=cut
+
+sub init_lib2arch {
+    my($self) = shift;
+
+    # The user who requests an installation directory explicitly
+    # should not have to tell us an architecture installation directory
+    # as well. We look if a directory exists that is named after the
+    # architecture. If not we take it as a sign that it should be the
+    # same as the requested installation directory. Otherwise we take
+    # the found one.
+    for my $libpair ({l=>"privlib",   a=>"archlib"}, 
+                     {l=>"sitelib",   a=>"sitearch"},
+                     {l=>"vendorlib", a=>"vendorarch"},
+                    )
+    {
+        my $lib = "install$libpair->{l}";
+        my $Lib = uc $lib;
+        my $Arch = uc "install$libpair->{a}";
+        if( $self->{$Lib} && ! $self->{$Arch} ){
+            my($ilib) = $Config{$lib};
+
+            $self->prefixify($Arch,$ilib,$self->{$Lib});
+
+            unless (-d $self->{$Arch}) {
+                print STDOUT "Directory $self->{$Arch} not found\n" 
+                  if $Verbose;
+                $self->{$Arch} = $self->{$Lib};
+            }
+            print STDOUT "Defaulting $Arch to $self->{$Arch}\n" if $Verbose;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+=item init_PERL
+
+    $mm->init_PERL;
+
+Called by init_main.  Sets up ABSPERL, PERL, FULLPERL and all the
+*PERLRUN* permutations.
+
+    PERL is allowed to be miniperl
+    FULLPERL must be a complete perl
+    ABSPERL is PERL converted to an absolute path
+
+    *PERLRUN contains everything necessary to run perl, find it's
+         libraries, etc...
+
+    *PERLRUNINST is *PERLRUN + everything necessary to find the
+         modules being built.
+
+=cut
+
+sub init_PERL {
+    my($self) = shift;
+
+    my @defpath = ();
+    foreach my $component ($self->{PERL_SRC}, $self->path(), 
+                           $Config{binexp}) 
+    {
+	push @defpath, $component if defined $component;
+    }
+
+    # Build up a set of file names (not command names).
+    my $thisperl = File::Spec->canonpath($^X);
+    $thisperl .= $Config{exe_ext} unless $thisperl =~ m/$Config{exe_ext}$/i;
+    my @perls = ($thisperl);
+    push @perls, map { "$_$Config{exe_ext}" }
+                     ('perl', 'perl5', "perl$Config{version}");
+
+    # miniperl has priority over all but the cannonical perl when in the
+    # core.  Otherwise its a last resort.
+    my $miniperl = "miniperl$Config{exe_ext}";
+    if( $self->{PERL_CORE} ) {
+        splice @perls, 1, 0, $miniperl;
+    }
+    else {
+        push @perls, $miniperl;
+    }
+
+    $self->{PERL} ||=
+        $self->find_perl(5.0, \@perls, \@defpath, $Verbose );
+    # don't check if perl is executable, maybe they have decided to
+    # supply switches with perl
+
+    # Define 'FULLPERL' to be a non-miniperl (used in test: target)
+    ($self->{FULLPERL} = $self->{PERL}) =~ s/miniperl/perl/i
+	unless $self->{FULLPERL};
+
+    # Little hack to get around VMS's find_perl putting "MCR" in front
+    # sometimes.
+    $self->{ABSPERL} = $self->{PERL};
+    my $has_mcr = $self->{ABSPERL} =~ s/^MCR\s*//;
+    if( File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($self->{ABSPERL}) ) {
+        $self->{ABSPERL} = '$(PERL)';
+    }
+    else {
+        $self->{ABSPERL} = File::Spec->rel2abs($self->{ABSPERL});
+        $self->{ABSPERL} = 'MCR '.$self->{ABSPERL} if $has_mcr;
+    }
+
+    # Are we building the core?
+    $self->{PERL_CORE} = 0 unless exists $self->{PERL_CORE};
+
+    # How do we run perl?
+    foreach my $perl (qw(PERL FULLPERL ABSPERL)) {
+        $self->{$perl.'RUN'}  = "\$($perl)";
+
+        # Make sure perl can find itself before it's installed.
+        $self->{$perl.'RUN'} .= q{ "-I$(PERL_LIB)" "-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)"} 
+          if $self->{UNINSTALLED_PERL} || $self->{PERL_CORE};
+
+        $self->{$perl.'RUNINST'} = 
+          sprintf q{$(%sRUN) "-I$(INST_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(INST_LIB)"}, $perl;
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+=item init_PERM
+
+  $mm->init_PERM
+
+Called by init_main.  Initializes PERL_*
+
+=cut
+
+sub init_PERM {
+    my($self) = shift;
+
+    $self->{PERM_RW}  = 644;
+    $self->{PERM_RWX} = 755;
+
+    return 1;
 }
+    
 
 =item install (o)
 
@@ -2100,8 +2225,7 @@ install_perl :: all pure_perl_install doc_perl_install
 
 install_site :: all pure_site_install doc_site_install
 
-install_ :: install_site
-	@echo INSTALLDIRS not defined, defaulting to INSTALLDIRS=site
+install_vendor :: all pure_vendor_install doc_vendor_install
 
 pure_install :: pure_$(INSTALLDIRS)_install
 
@@ -2116,34 +2240,39 @@ doc__install : doc_site_install
 
 pure_perl_install ::
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(MOD_INSTALL) \
-		read }.$self->catfile('$(PERL_ARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{ \
-		write }.$self->catfile('$(INSTALLARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{ \
+		read }.File::Spec->catfile('$(PERL_ARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{ \
+		write }.File::Spec->catfile('$(INSTALLARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{ \
 		$(INST_LIB) $(INSTALLPRIVLIB) \
 		$(INST_ARCHLIB) $(INSTALLARCHLIB) \
 		$(INST_BIN) $(INSTALLBIN) \
 		$(INST_SCRIPT) $(INSTALLSCRIPT) \
-		$(INST_HTMLLIBDIR) $(INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR) \
-		$(INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR) $(INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR) \
 		$(INST_MAN1DIR) $(INSTALLMAN1DIR) \
 		$(INST_MAN3DIR) $(INSTALLMAN3DIR)
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(WARN_IF_OLD_PACKLIST) \
-		}.$self->catdir('$(SITEARCHEXP)','auto','$(FULLEXT)').q{
+		}.File::Spec->catdir('$(SITEARCHEXP)','auto','$(FULLEXT)').q{
 
 
 pure_site_install ::
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(MOD_INSTALL) \
-		read }.$self->catfile('$(SITEARCHEXP)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{ \
-		write }.$self->catfile('$(INSTALLSITEARCH)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{ \
+		read }.File::Spec->catfile('$(SITEARCHEXP)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{ \
+		write }.File::Spec->catfile('$(INSTALLSITEARCH)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{ \
 		$(INST_LIB) $(INSTALLSITELIB) \
 		$(INST_ARCHLIB) $(INSTALLSITEARCH) \
-		$(INST_BIN) $(INSTALLBIN) \
+		$(INST_BIN) $(INSTALLSITEBIN) \
 		$(INST_SCRIPT) $(INSTALLSCRIPT) \
-		$(INST_HTMLLIBDIR) $(INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR) \
-		$(INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR) $(INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR) \
-		$(INST_MAN1DIR) $(INSTALLMAN1DIR) \
-		$(INST_MAN3DIR) $(INSTALLMAN3DIR)
+		$(INST_MAN1DIR) $(INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR) \
+		$(INST_MAN3DIR) $(INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR)
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(WARN_IF_OLD_PACKLIST) \
-		}.$self->catdir('$(PERL_ARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)').q{
+		}.File::Spec->catdir('$(PERL_ARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)').q{
+
+pure_vendor_install ::
+	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(MOD_INSTALL) \
+		$(INST_LIB) $(INSTALLVENDORLIB) \
+		$(INST_ARCHLIB) $(INSTALLVENDORARCH) \
+		$(INST_BIN) $(INSTALLVENDORBIN) \
+		$(INST_SCRIPT) $(INSTALLSCRIPT) \
+		$(INST_MAN1DIR) $(INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR) \
+		$(INST_MAN3DIR) $(INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR)
 
 doc_perl_install ::
 	-}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(MKPATH) $(INSTALLARCHLIB)
@@ -2153,7 +2282,7 @@ doc_perl_install ::
 		LINKTYPE "$(LINKTYPE)" \
 		VERSION "$(VERSION)" \
 		EXE_FILES "$(EXE_FILES)" \
-		>> }.$self->catfile('$(INSTALLARCHLIB)','perllocal.pod').q{
+		>> }.File::Spec->catfile('$(INSTALLARCHLIB)','perllocal.pod').q{
 
 doc_site_install ::
 	-}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(MKPATH) $(INSTALLARCHLIB)
@@ -2163,7 +2292,9 @@ doc_site_install ::
 		LINKTYPE "$(LINKTYPE)" \
 		VERSION "$(VERSION)" \
 		EXE_FILES "$(EXE_FILES)" \
-		>> }.$self->catfile('$(INSTALLARCHLIB)','perllocal.pod').q{
+		>> }.File::Spec->catfile('$(INSTALLSITEARCH)','perllocal.pod').q{
+
+doc_vendor_install ::
 
 };
 
@@ -2172,11 +2303,11 @@ uninstall :: uninstall_from_$(INSTALLDIRS)dirs
 
 uninstall_from_perldirs ::
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.
-	q{$(UNINSTALL) }.$self->catfile('$(PERL_ARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{
+	q{$(UNINSTALL) }.File::Spec->catfile('$(PERL_ARCHLIB)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{
 
 uninstall_from_sitedirs ::
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.
-	q{$(UNINSTALL) }.$self->catfile('$(SITEARCHEXP)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{
+	q{$(UNINSTALL) }.File::Spec->catfile('$(SITEARCHEXP)','auto','$(FULLEXT)','.packlist').q{
 };
 
     join("",@m);
@@ -2195,7 +2326,7 @@ sub installbin {
     my(@m, $from, $to, %fromto, @to);
     push @m, $self->dir_target(qw[$(INST_SCRIPT)]);
     for $from (@{$self->{EXE_FILES}}) {
-	my($path)= $self->catfile('$(INST_SCRIPT)', basename($from));
+	my($path)= File::Spec->catfile('$(INST_SCRIPT)', basename($from));
 	local($_) = $path; # for backwards compatibility
 	$to = $self->libscan($path);
 	print "libscan($from) => '$to'\n" if ($Verbose >=2);
@@ -2206,9 +2337,8 @@ sub installbin {
 EXE_FILES = @{$self->{EXE_FILES}}
 
 } . ($Is_Win32
-  ? q{FIXIN = $(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) \
-    -e "system qq[pl2bat.bat ].shift"
-} : q{FIXIN = $(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -MExtUtils::MakeMaker \
+  ? q{FIXIN = pl2bat.bat
+} : q{FIXIN = $(PERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::MY" \
     -e "MY->fixin(shift)"
 }).qq{
 pure_all :: @to
@@ -2222,7 +2352,7 @@ realclean ::
 	last unless defined $from;
 	my $todir = dirname($to);
 	push @m, "
-$to: $from $self->{MAKEFILE} " . $self->catdir($todir,'.exists') . "
+$to: $from $self->{MAKEFILE} " . File::Spec->catdir($todir,'.exists') . "
 	$self->{NOECHO}$self->{RM_F} $to
 	$self->{CP} $from $to
 	\$(FIXIN) $to
@@ -2333,7 +2463,7 @@ $(MAP_TARGET) :: static $(MAKE_APERL_FILE)
 
 $(MAKE_APERL_FILE) : $(FIRST_MAKEFILE)
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{echo Writing \"$(MAKE_APERL_FILE)\" for this $(MAP_TARGET)
-	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(PERL) -I$(INST_ARCHLIB) -I$(INST_LIB) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) \
+	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(PERLRUNINST) \
 		Makefile.PL DIR=}, $dir, q{ \
 		MAKEFILE=$(MAKE_APERL_FILE) LINKTYPE=static \
 		MAKEAPERL=1 NORECURS=1 CCCDLFLAGS=};
@@ -2357,9 +2487,9 @@ $(MAKE_APERL_FILE) : $(FIRST_MAKEFILE)
 
     $cccmd = $self->const_cccmd($libperl);
     $cccmd =~ s/^CCCMD\s*=\s*//;
-    $cccmd =~ s/\$\(INC\)/ -I$self->{PERL_INC} /;
-    $cccmd .= " $Config::Config{cccdlflags}"
-	if ($Config::Config{useshrplib} eq 'true');
+    $cccmd =~ s/\$\(INC\)/ "-I$self->{PERL_INC}" /;
+    $cccmd .= " $Config{cccdlflags}"
+	if ($Config{useshrplib} eq 'true');
     $cccmd =~ s/\(CC\)/\(PERLMAINCC\)/;
 
     # The front matter of the linkcommand...
@@ -2433,10 +2563,10 @@ $(MAKE_APERL_FILE) : $(FIRST_MAKEFILE)
 	push @$extra, $_;
     }
 
-    grep(s/^/-I/, @{$perlinc || []});
+    grep(s/^(.*)/"-I$1"/, @{$perlinc || []});
 
-    $target = "perl" unless $target;
-    $tmp = "." unless $tmp;
+    $target ||= "perl";
+    $tmp    ||= ".";
 
 # MAP_STATIC doesn't look into subdirs yet. Once "all" is made and we
 # regenerate the Makefiles, MAP_STATIC and the dependencies for
@@ -2447,7 +2577,7 @@ MAP_PERLINC   = @{$perlinc || []}
 MAP_STATIC    = ",
 join(" \\\n\t", reverse sort keys %static), "
 
-MAP_PRELIBS   = $Config::Config{perllibs} $Config::Config{cryptlib}
+MAP_PRELIBS   = $Config{perllibs} $Config{cryptlib}
 ";
 
     if (defined $libperl) {
@@ -2464,7 +2594,7 @@ MAP_PRELIBS   = $Config::Config{perllibs} $Config::Config{cryptlib}
         if (! -f $libperl and ! -f $lperl) {
           # We did not find a static libperl. Maybe there is a shared one?
           if ($^O eq 'solaris' or $^O eq 'sunos') {
-            $lperl  = $libperl = "$dir/$Config::Config{libperl}";
+            $lperl  = $libperl = "$dir/$Config{libperl}";
             # SUNOS ld does not take the full path to a shared library
             $libperl = '' if $^O eq 'sunos';
           }
@@ -2476,8 +2606,12 @@ MAP_PRELIBS   = $Config::Config{perllibs} $Config::Config{cryptlib}
 		unless (-f $lperl || defined($self->{PERL_SRC}));
     }
 
+    # SUNOS ld does not take the full path to a shared library
+    my $llibperl = $libperl ? '$(MAP_LIBPERL)' : '-lperl';
+
     push @m, "
 MAP_LIBPERL = $libperl
+LLIBPERL    = $llibperl
 ";
 
     push @m, "
@@ -2490,12 +2624,10 @@ MAP_LIBPERL = $libperl
     foreach $catfile (@$extra){
 	push @m, "\tcat $catfile >> \$\@\n";
     }
-    # SUNOS ld does not take the full path to a shared library
-    my $llibperl = ($libperl)?'$(MAP_LIBPERL)':'-lperl';
 
 push @m, "
 \$(MAP_TARGET) :: $tmp/perlmain\$(OBJ_EXT) \$(MAP_LIBPERL) \$(MAP_STATIC) \$(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/extralibs.all
-	\$(MAP_LINKCMD) -o \$\@ \$(OPTIMIZE) $tmp/perlmain\$(OBJ_EXT) $ldfrom \$(MAP_STATIC) $llibperl `cat \$(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/extralibs.all` \$(MAP_PRELIBS)
+	\$(MAP_LINKCMD) -o \$\@ \$(OPTIMIZE) $tmp/perlmain\$(OBJ_EXT) \$(LDFROM) \$(MAP_STATIC) \$(LLIBPERL) `cat \$(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/extralibs.all` \$(MAP_PRELIBS)
 	$self->{NOECHO}echo 'To install the new \"\$(MAP_TARGET)\" binary, call'
 	$self->{NOECHO}echo '    make -f $makefilename inst_perl MAP_TARGET=\$(MAP_TARGET)'
 	$self->{NOECHO}echo 'To remove the intermediate files say'
@@ -2503,12 +2635,12 @@ push @m, "
 
 $tmp/perlmain\$(OBJ_EXT): $tmp/perlmain.c
 ";
-    push @m, "\tcd $tmp && $cccmd -I\$(PERL_INC) perlmain.c\n";
+    push @m, qq{\tcd $tmp && $cccmd "-I\$(PERL_INC)" perlmain.c\n};
 
     push @m, qq{
 $tmp/perlmain.c: $makefilename}, q{
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{echo Writing $@
-	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(PERL) $(MAP_PERLINC) -MExtUtils::Miniperl \\
+	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(PERL) $(MAP_PERLINC) "-MExtUtils::Miniperl" \\
 		-e "writemain(grep s#.*/auto/##s, split(q| |, q|$(MAP_STATIC)|))" > $@t && $(MV) $@t $@
 
 };
@@ -2525,7 +2657,7 @@ doc_inst_perl:
 		MAP_STATIC "$(MAP_STATIC)" \
 		MAP_EXTRA "`cat $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/extralibs.all`" \
 		MAP_LIBPERL "$(MAP_LIBPERL)" \
-		>> }.$self->catfile('$(INSTALLARCHLIB)','perllocal.pod').q{
+		>> }.File::Spec->catfile('$(INSTALLARCHLIB)','perllocal.pod').q{
 
 };
 
@@ -2533,7 +2665,7 @@ doc_inst_perl:
 inst_perl: pure_inst_perl doc_inst_perl
 
 pure_inst_perl: $(MAP_TARGET)
-	}.$self->{CP}.q{ $(MAP_TARGET) }.$self->catfile('$(INSTALLBIN)','$(MAP_TARGET)').q{
+	}.$self->{CP}.q{ $(MAP_TARGET) }.File::Spec->catfile('$(INSTALLBIN)','$(MAP_TARGET)').q{
 
 clean :: map_clean
 
@@ -2569,15 +2701,11 @@ $(OBJECT) : $(FIRST_MAKEFILE)
 	-}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(RM_F) }."$self->{MAKEFILE}.old".q{
 	-}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(MV) }."$self->{MAKEFILE} $self->{MAKEFILE}.old".q{
 	-$(MAKE) -f }.$self->{MAKEFILE}.q{.old clean $(DEV_NULL) || $(NOOP)
-	$(PERL) "-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" Makefile.PL }.join(" ",map(qq["$_"],@ARGV)).q{
+	$(PERLRUN) Makefile.PL }.join(" ",map(qq["$_"],@ARGV)).q{
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{echo "==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <=="
 	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{echo "==> Please rerun the make command.  <=="
 	false
 
-# To change behavior to :: would be nice, but would break Tk b9.02
-# so you find such a warning below the dist target.
-#}.$self->{MAKEFILE}.q{ :: $(VERSION_FROM)
-#	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{echo "Warning: Makefile possibly out of date with $(VERSION_FROM)"
 };
 
     join "", @m;
@@ -2597,13 +2725,13 @@ sub manifypods {
     my($dist);
     my($pod2man_exe);
     if (defined $self->{PERL_SRC}) {
-	$pod2man_exe = $self->catfile($self->{PERL_SRC},'pod','pod2man');
+	$pod2man_exe = File::Spec->catfile($self->{PERL_SRC},'pod','pod2man');
     } else {
-	$pod2man_exe = $self->catfile($Config{scriptdirexp},'pod2man');
+	$pod2man_exe = File::Spec->catfile($Config{scriptdirexp},'pod2man');
     }
     unless ($pod2man_exe = $self->perl_script($pod2man_exe)) {
       # Maybe a build by uninstalled Perl?
-      $pod2man_exe = $self->catfile($self->{PERL_INC}, "pod", "pod2man");
+      $pod2man_exe = File::Spec->catfile($self->{PERL_INC}, "pod", "pod2man");
     }
     unless ($pod2man_exe = $self->perl_script($pod2man_exe)) {
 	# No pod2man but some MAN3PODS to be installed
@@ -2622,8 +2750,8 @@ qq[POD2MAN = \$(PERL) -we '%m=\@ARGV;for (keys %m){' \\\n],
 q[-e 'next if -e $$m{$$_} && -M $$m{$$_} < -M $$_ && -M $$m{$$_} < -M "],
  $self->{MAKEFILE}, q[";' \\
 -e 'print "Manifying $$m{$$_}\n";' \\
--e 'system(qq[$$^X ].q["-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" $(POD2MAN_EXE) ].qq[$$_>$$m{$$_}])==0 or warn "Couldn\\047t install $$m{$$_}\n";' \\
--e 'chmod(oct($(PERM_RW))), $$m{$$_} or warn "chmod $(PERM_RW) $$m{$$_}: $$!\n";}'
+-e 'system(q[$(PERLRUN) $(POD2MAN_EXE) ].qq[$$_>$$m{$$_}])==0 or warn "Couldn\\047t install $$m{$$_}\n";' \\
+-e 'chmod(oct($(PERM_RW)), $$m{$$_}) or warn "chmod $(PERM_RW) $$m{$$_}: $$!\n";}'
 ];
     push @m, "\nmanifypods : pure_all ";
     push @m, join " \\\n\t", keys %{$self->{MAN1PODS}}, keys %{$self->{MAN3PODS}};
@@ -2662,12 +2790,12 @@ sub maybe_command_in_dirs {	# $ver is optional argument if looking for perl
 	next unless defined $dir; # $self->{PERL_SRC} may be undefined
 	foreach $name (@$names){
 	    my($abs,$tryabs);
-	    if ($self->file_name_is_absolute($name)) { # /foo/bar
+	    if (File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($name)) { # /foo/bar
 		$abs = $name;
-	    } elsif ($self->canonpath($name) eq $self->canonpath(basename($name))) { # bar
-		$abs = $self->catfile($dir, $name);
+	    } elsif (File::Spec->canonpath($name) eq File::Spec->canonpath(basename($name))) { # bar
+		$abs = File::Spec->catfile($dir, $name);
 	    } else { # foo/bar
-		$abs = $self->catfile($self->curdir, $name);
+		$abs = File::Spec->catfile($Curdir, $name);
 	    }
 	    print "Checking $abs for $name\n" if ($trace >= 2);
 	    next unless $tryabs = $self->maybe_command($abs);
@@ -2698,7 +2826,8 @@ sub needs_linking {
     my($self) = shift;
     my($child,$caller);
     $caller = (caller(0))[3];
-    Carp::confess("Needs_linking called too early") if $caller =~ /^ExtUtils::MakeMaker::/;
+    confess("Needs_linking called too early") if 
+      $caller =~ /^ExtUtils::MakeMaker::/;
     return $self->{NEEDS_LINKING} if defined $self->{NEEDS_LINKING};
     if ($self->has_link_code or $self->{MAKEAPERL}){
 	$self->{NEEDS_LINKING} = 1;
@@ -2730,11 +2859,39 @@ sub nicetext {
     $text;
 }
 
+=item parse_abstract
+
+parse a file and return what you think is the ABSTRACT
+
+=cut
+
+sub parse_abstract {
+    my($self,$parsefile) = @_;
+    my $result;
+    local *FH;
+    local $/ = "\n";
+    open(FH,$parsefile) or die "Could not open '$parsefile': $!";
+    my $inpod = 0;
+    my $package = $self->{DISTNAME};
+    $package =~ s/-/::/g;
+    while (<FH>) {
+        $inpod = /^=(?!cut)/ ? 1 : /^=cut/ ? 0 : $inpod;
+        next if !$inpod;
+        chop;
+        next unless /^($package\s-\s)(.*)/;
+        $result = $2;
+        last;
+    }
+    close FH;
+    return $result;
+}
+
 =item parse_version
 
 parse a file and return what you think is $VERSION in this file set to.
 It will return the string "undef" if it can't figure out what $VERSION
-is.
+is. $VERSION should be for all to see, so our $VERSION or plain $VERSION
+are okay, but my $VERSION is not.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -2747,7 +2904,7 @@ sub parse_version {
     my $inpod = 0;
     while (<FH>) {
 	$inpod = /^=(?!cut)/ ? 1 : /^=cut/ ? 0 : $inpod;
-	next if $inpod;
+	next if $inpod || /^\s*#/;
 	chop;
 	# next unless /\$(([\w\:\']*)\bVERSION)\b.*\=/;
 	next unless /([\$*])(([\w\:\']*)\bVERSION)\b.*\=/;
@@ -2760,43 +2917,18 @@ sub parse_version {
 		$_
 	    }; \$$2
 	};
-	no warnings;
+        local $^W = 0;
 	$result = eval($eval);
 	warn "Could not eval '$eval' in $parsefile: $@" if $@;
-	$result = "undef" unless defined $result;
 	last;
     }
     close FH;
-    return $result;
-}
-
-=item parse_abstract
-
-parse a file and return what you think is the ABSTRACT
-
-=cut
 
-sub parse_abstract {
-    my($self,$parsefile) = @_;
-    my $result;
-    local *FH;
-    local $/ = "\n";
-    open(FH,$parsefile) or die "Could not open '$parsefile': $!";
-    my $inpod = 0;
-    my $package = $self->{DISTNAME};
-    $package =~ s/-/::/g;
-    while (<FH>) {
-        $inpod = /^=(?!cut)/ ? 1 : /^=cut/ ? 0 : $inpod;
-        next if !$inpod;
-        chop;
-        next unless /^($package\s-\s)(.*)/;
-        $result = $2;
-        last;
-    }
-    close FH;
+    $result = "undef" unless defined $result;
     return $result;
 }
 
+
 =item pasthru (o)
 
 Defines the string that is passed to recursive make calls in
@@ -2812,30 +2944,18 @@ sub pasthru {
     my($sep) = $Is_VMS ? ',' : '';
     $sep .= "\\\n\t";
 
-    foreach $key (qw(LIB LIBPERL_A LINKTYPE PREFIX OPTIMIZE)){
+    foreach $key (qw(LIB LIBPERL_A LINKTYPE PREFIX OPTIMIZE)) {
 	push @pasthru, "$key=\"\$($key)\"";
     }
 
+    foreach $key (qw(DEFINE INC)) {
+	push @pasthru, "PASTHRU_$key=\"\$(PASTHRU_$key)\"";
+    }
+
     push @m, "\nPASTHRU = ", join ($sep, @pasthru), "\n";
     join "", @m;
 }
 
-=item path
-
-Takes no argument, returns the environment variable PATH as an array.
-
-=cut
-
-sub path {
-    my($self) = @_;
-    my $path_sep = ($Is_OS2 || $Is_Dos) ? ";" : ":";
-    my $path = $ENV{PATH};
-    $path =~ s:\\:/:g if $Is_OS2;
-    my @path = split $path_sep, $path;
-    foreach(@path) { $_ = '.' if $_ eq '' }
-    @path;
-}
-
 =item perl_script
 
 Takes one argument, a file name, and returns the file name, if the
@@ -2897,7 +3017,6 @@ PERL_HDRS = \
 	$(PERL_INC)/keywords.h		\
 	$(PERL_INC)/mg.h		\
 	$(PERL_INC)/nostdio.h		\
-	$(PERL_INC)/objXSUB.h		\
 	$(PERL_INC)/op.h		\
 	$(PERL_INC)/opcode.h		\
 	$(PERL_INC)/opnames.h		\
@@ -2932,61 +3051,6 @@ $(OBJECT) : $(PERL_HDRS)
     join "\n", @m;
 }
 
-=item ppd
-
-Defines target that creates a PPD (Perl Package Description) file
-for a binary distribution.
-
-=cut
-
-sub ppd {
-    my($self) = @_;
-    my(@m);
-    if ($self->{ABSTRACT_FROM}){
-        $self->{ABSTRACT} = $self->parse_abstract($self->{ABSTRACT_FROM}) or
-            Carp::carp "WARNING: Setting ABSTRACT via file '$self->{ABSTRACT_FROM}' failed\n";
-    }
-    my ($pack_ver) = join ",", (split (/\./, $self->{VERSION}), (0) x 4) [0 .. 3];
-    push(@m, "# Creates a PPD (Perl Package Description) for a binary distribution.\n");
-    push(@m, "ppd:\n");
-    push(@m, "\t\@\$(PERL) -e \"print qq{<SOFTPKG NAME=\\\"$self->{DISTNAME}\\\" VERSION=\\\"$pack_ver\\\">\\n}");
-    push(@m, ". qq{\\t<TITLE>$self->{DISTNAME}</TITLE>\\n}");
-    my $abstract = $self->{ABSTRACT};
-    $abstract =~ s/\n/\\n/sg;
-    $abstract =~ s/</&lt;/g;
-    $abstract =~ s/>/&gt;/g;
-    push(@m, ". qq{\\t<ABSTRACT>$abstract</ABSTRACT>\\n}");
-    my ($author) = $self->{AUTHOR};
-    $author =~ s/</&lt;/g;
-    $author =~ s/>/&gt;/g;
-    $author =~ s/@/\\@/g;
-    push(@m, ". qq{\\t<AUTHOR>$author</AUTHOR>\\n}");
-    push(@m, ". qq{\\t<IMPLEMENTATION>\\n}");
-    my ($prereq);
-    foreach $prereq (sort keys %{$self->{PREREQ_PM}}) {
-        my $pre_req = $prereq;
-        $pre_req =~ s/::/-/g;
-        my ($dep_ver) = join ",", (split (/\./, $self->{PREREQ_PM}{$prereq}), (0) x 4) [0 .. 3];
-        push(@m, ". qq{\\t\\t<DEPENDENCY NAME=\\\"$pre_req\\\" VERSION=\\\"$dep_ver\\\" />\\n}");
-    }
-    push(@m, ". qq{\\t\\t<OS NAME=\\\"\$(OSNAME)\\\" />\\n}");
-    push(@m, ". qq{\\t\\t<ARCHITECTURE NAME=\\\"$Config{'archname'}\\\" />\\n}");
-    my ($bin_location) = $self->{BINARY_LOCATION};
-    $bin_location =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
-    if ($self->{PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT}) {
-        if ($self->{PPM_INSTALL_EXEC}) {
-            push(@m, " . qq{\\t\\t<INSTALL EXEC=\\\"$self->{PPM_INSTALL_EXEC}\\\">$self->{PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT}</INSTALL>\\n}");
-        }
-        else {
-            push(@m, " . qq{\\t\\t<INSTALL>$self->{PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT}</INSTALL>\\n}");
-        }
-    }
-    push(@m, ". qq{\\t\\t<CODEBASE HREF=\\\"$bin_location\\\" />\\n}");
-    push(@m, ". qq{\\t</IMPLEMENTATION>\\n}");
-    push(@m, ". qq{</SOFTPKG>\\n}\" > $self->{DISTNAME}.ppd");
-
-    join("", @m);   
-}
 
 =item perm_rw (o)
 
@@ -3024,16 +3088,36 @@ destination and autosplits them. See L<ExtUtils::Install/DESCRIPTION>
 
 =cut
 
+sub _pm_to_blib_flush {
+    my ($self, $autodir, $rr, $ra, $rl) = @_;
+    $$rr .= 
+q{	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q[$(PERLRUNINST) "-MExtUtils::Install" \
+	-e "pm_to_blib({qw{].qq[@$ra].q[}},'].$autodir.q{','$(PM_FILTER)')"
+};
+    @$ra = ();
+    $$rl = 0;
+}
+
 sub pm_to_blib {
     my $self = shift;
-    my($autodir) = $self->catdir('$(INST_LIB)','auto');
-    return q{
+    my($autodir) = File::Spec->catdir('$(INST_LIB)','auto');
+    my $r = q{
 pm_to_blib: $(TO_INST_PM)
-	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(PERL) "-I$(INST_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(INST_LIB)" \
-	"-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" -MExtUtils::Install \
-        -e "pm_to_blib({qw{$(PM_TO_BLIB)}},'}.$autodir.q{')"
-	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(TOUCH) $@
 };
+    my %pm_to_blib = %{$self->{PM}};
+    my @a;
+    my $l = 0;
+    while (my ($pm, $blib) = each %pm_to_blib) {
+	my $la = length $pm;
+	my $lb = length $blib;
+	if ($l + $la + $lb + @a / 2 > 200) { # limit line length
+	    _pm_to_blib_flush($self, $autodir, \$r, \@a, \$l);
+        }
+        push @a, $pm, $blib;
+	$l += $la + $lb;
+    }
+    _pm_to_blib_flush($self, $autodir, \$r, \@a, \$l);
+    return $r.q{	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(TOUCH) $@};
 }
 
 =item post_constants (o)
@@ -3072,23 +3156,126 @@ sub postamble {
     "";
 }
 
+=item ppd
+
+Defines target that creates a PPD (Perl Package Description) file
+for a binary distribution.
+
+=cut
+
+sub ppd {
+    my($self) = @_;
+
+    if ($self->{ABSTRACT_FROM}){
+        $self->{ABSTRACT} = $self->parse_abstract($self->{ABSTRACT_FROM}) or
+            carp "WARNING: Setting ABSTRACT via file ".
+                 "'$self->{ABSTRACT_FROM}' failed\n";
+    }
+
+    my ($pack_ver) = join ",", (split (/\./, $self->{VERSION}), (0)x4)[0..3];
+
+    my $abstract = $self->{ABSTRACT} || '';
+    $abstract =~ s/\n/\\n/sg;
+    $abstract =~ s/</&lt;/g;
+    $abstract =~ s/>/&gt;/g;
+
+    my $author = $self->{AUTHOR} || '';
+    $author =~ s/</&lt;/g;
+    $author =~ s/>/&gt;/g;
+    $author =~ s/@/\\@/g;
+
+    my $make_ppd = sprintf <<'PPD_OUT', $pack_ver, $abstract, $author;
+# Creates a PPD (Perl Package Description) for a binary distribution.
+ppd:
+	@$(PERL) -e "print qq{<SOFTPKG NAME=\"$(DISTNAME)\" VERSION=\"%s\">\n\t<TITLE>$(DISTNAME)</TITLE>\n\t<ABSTRACT>%s</ABSTRACT>\n\t<AUTHOR>%s</AUTHOR>\n}" > $(DISTNAME).ppd
+PPD_OUT
+
+
+    $make_ppd .= '	@$(PERL) -e "print qq{\t<IMPLEMENTATION>\n';
+    foreach my $prereq (sort keys %{$self->{PREREQ_PM}}) {
+        my $pre_req = $prereq;
+        $pre_req =~ s/::/-/g;
+        my ($dep_ver) = join ",", (split (/\./, $self->{PREREQ_PM}{$prereq}), 
+                                  (0) x 4) [0 .. 3];
+        $make_ppd .= sprintf q{\t\t<DEPENDENCY NAME=\"%s\" VERSION=\"%s\" />\n}, $pre_req, $dep_ver;
+    }
+    $make_ppd .= qq[}" >> \$(DISTNAME).ppd\n];
+
+
+    $make_ppd .= sprintf <<'PPD_OUT', $Config{archname};
+	@$(PERL) -e "print qq{\t\t<OS NAME=\"$(OSNAME)\" />\n\t\t<ARCHITECTURE NAME=\"%s\" />\n
+PPD_OUT
+
+    chomp $make_ppd;
+
+
+    if ($self->{PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT}) {
+        if ($self->{PPM_INSTALL_EXEC}) {
+            $make_ppd .= sprintf q{\t\t<INSTALL EXEC=\"%s\">%s</INSTALL>\n},
+                  $self->{PPM_INSTALL_EXEC}, $self->{PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT};
+        }
+        else {
+            $make_ppd .= sprintf q{\t\t<INSTALL>%s</INSTALL>\n}, 
+                  $self->{PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT};
+        }
+    }
+
+    my ($bin_location) = $self->{BINARY_LOCATION} || '';
+    $bin_location =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
+
+    $make_ppd .= sprintf q{\t\t<CODEBASE HREF=\"%s\" />\n}, $bin_location;
+    $make_ppd .= q{\t</IMPLEMENTATION>\n};
+    $make_ppd .= q{</SOFTPKG>\n};
+
+    $make_ppd .= '}" >> $(DISTNAME).ppd';
+
+    return $make_ppd;
+}
+
 =item prefixify
 
-Check a path variable in $self from %Config, if it contains a prefix,
-and replace it with another one.
+  $MM->prefixify($var, $prefix, $new_prefix, $default);
+
+Using either $MM->{uc $var} || $Config{lc $var}, it will attempt to
+replace it's $prefix with a $new_prefix.  Should the $prefix fail to
+match it sill simply set it to the $new_prefix + $default.
+
+This is for heuristics which attempt to create directory structures
+that mirror those of the installed perl.
 
-Takes as arguments an attribute name, a search prefix and a
-replacement prefix. Changes the attribute in the object.
+For example:
+
+    $MM->prefixify('installman1dir', '/usr', '/home/foo', 'man/man1');
+
+this will attempt to remove '/usr' from the front of the
+$MM->{INSTALLMAN1DIR} path (initializing it to $Config{installman1dir}
+if necessary) and replace it with '/home/foo'.  If this fails it will
+simply use '/home/foo/man/man1'.
 
 =cut
 
 sub prefixify {
-    my($self,$var,$sprefix,$rprefix) = @_;
-    $self->{uc $var} ||= $Config{lc $var};
-    $self->{uc $var} = VMS::Filespec::unixpath($self->{uc $var}) if $Is_VMS;
-    $self->{uc $var} =~ s/\Q$sprefix\E/$rprefix/s;
+    my($self,$var,$sprefix,$rprefix,$default) = @_;
+
+    my $path = $self->{uc $var} || 
+               $Config_Override{lc $var} || $Config{lc $var} || '';
+
+    print STDERR "  prefixify $var => $path\n" if $Verbose >= 2;
+    print STDERR "    from $sprefix to $rprefix\n" if $Verbose >= 2;
+
+    unless( $path =~ s{^\Q$sprefix\E\b}{$rprefix}s ) {
+
+        print STDERR "    cannot prefix, using default.\n" if $Verbose >= 2;
+        print STDERR "    no default!\n" if !$default && $Verbose >= 2;
+
+        $path = File::Spec->catdir($rprefix, $default) if $default;
+    }
+
+    print "    now $path\n" if $Verbose >= 2;
+    return $self->{uc $var} = $path;
 }
 
+
 =item processPL (o)
 
 Defines targets to run *.PL files.
@@ -3103,19 +3290,36 @@ sub processPL {
         my $list = ref($self->{PL_FILES}->{$plfile})
 		? $self->{PL_FILES}->{$plfile}
 		: [$self->{PL_FILES}->{$plfile}];
+	my $target;
 	foreach $target (@$list) {
 	push @m, "
 all :: $target
 	$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)
 
 $target :: $plfile
-	\$(PERL) -I\$(INST_ARCHLIB) -I\$(INST_LIB) -I\$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I\$(PERL_LIB) $plfile $target
+	\$(PERLRUNINST) $plfile $target
 ";
 	}
     }
     join "", @m;
 }
 
+=item quote_paren
+
+Backslashes parentheses C<()> in command line arguments.
+Doesn't handle recursive Makefile C<$(...)> constructs,
+but handles simple ones.
+
+=cut
+
+sub quote_paren {
+    local $_ = shift;
+    s/\$\((.+?)\)/\$\\\\($1\\\\)/g;	# protect $(...)
+    s/(?<!\\)([()])/\\$1/g;		# quote unprotected
+    s/\$\\\\\((.+?)\\\\\)/\$($1)/g;	# unprotect $(...)
+    return $_;
+}
+
 =item realclean (o)
 
 Defines the realclean target.
@@ -3125,25 +3329,52 @@ Defines the realclean target.
 sub realclean {
     my($self, %attribs) = @_;
     my(@m);
+
     push(@m,'
 # Delete temporary files (via clean) and also delete installed files
 realclean purge ::  clean
 ');
     # realclean subdirectories first (already cleaned)
-    my $sub = ($Is_Win32  &&  Win32::IsWin95()) ?
-      "\tcd %s\n\t\$(TEST_F) %s\n\t\$(MAKE) %s realclean\n\tcd ..\n" :
-      "\t-cd %s && \$(TEST_F) %s && \$(MAKE) %s realclean\n";
+    my $sub;
+    if( $Is_Win32  &&  Win32::IsWin95() ) {
+        $sub = <<'REALCLEAN';
+	-cd %s
+	-$(PERLRUN) -e "exit unless -f shift; system q{$(MAKE) realclean}" %s
+	-cd ..
+REALCLEAN
+    }
+    else {
+        $sub = <<'REALCLEAN';
+	-cd %s && $(TEST_F) %s && $(MAKE) %s realclean
+REALCLEAN
+    }
+
     foreach(@{$self->{DIR}}){
 	push(@m, sprintf($sub,$_,"$self->{MAKEFILE}.old","-f $self->{MAKEFILE}.old"));
 	push(@m, sprintf($sub,$_,"$self->{MAKEFILE}",''));
     }
     push(@m, "	$self->{RM_RF} \$(INST_AUTODIR) \$(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)\n");
+    push(@m, "	$self->{RM_RF} \$(DISTVNAME)\n");
     if( $self->has_link_code ){
         push(@m, "	$self->{RM_F} \$(INST_DYNAMIC) \$(INST_BOOT)\n");
         push(@m, "	$self->{RM_F} \$(INST_STATIC)\n");
     }
-    push(@m, "	$self->{RM_F} " . join(" ", values %{$self->{PM}}) . "\n")
-	if keys %{$self->{PM}};
+    # Issue a several little RM_F commands rather than risk creating a
+    # very long command line (useful for extensions such as Encode
+    # that have many files).
+    if (keys %{$self->{PM}}) {
+	my $line = "";
+	foreach (values %{$self->{PM}}) {
+	    if (length($line) + length($_) > 80) {
+		push @m, "\t$self->{RM_F} $line\n";
+		$line = $_;
+	    }
+	    else {
+		$line .= " $_"; 
+	    }
+	}
+    push @m, "\t$self->{RM_F} $line\n" if $line;
+    }
     my(@otherfiles) = ($self->{MAKEFILE},
 		       "$self->{MAKEFILE}.old"); # Makefiles last
     push(@otherfiles, $attribs{FILES}) if $attribs{FILES};
@@ -3154,21 +3385,19 @@ realclean purge ::  clean
 
 =item replace_manpage_separator
 
+  my $man_name = $MM->replace_manpage_separator($file_path);
+
 Takes the name of a package, which may be a nested package, in the
-form Foo/Bar and replaces the slash with C<::>. Returns the replacement.
+form 'Foo/Bar.pm' and replaces the slash with C<::> or something else
+safe for a man page file name.  Returns the replacement.
 
 =cut
 
 sub replace_manpage_separator {
     my($self,$man) = @_;
-	if ($^O eq 'uwin') {
-	    $man =~ s,/+,.,g;
-	} elsif ($Is_Dos) {
-	    $man =~ s,/+,__,g;
-	} else {
-	    $man =~ s,/+,::,g;
-	}
-    $man;
+
+    $man =~ s,/+,::,g;
+    return $man;
 }
 
 =item static (o)
@@ -3208,7 +3437,7 @@ sub static_lib {
 $(INST_STATIC): $(OBJECT) $(MYEXTLIB) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)/.exists
 	$(RM_RF) $@
 END
-    # If this extension has it's own library (eg SDBM_File)
+    # If this extension has its own library (eg SDBM_File)
     # then copy that to $(INST_STATIC) and add $(OBJECT) into it.
     push(@m, "\t$self->{CP} \$(MYEXTLIB) \$\@\n") if $self->{MYEXTLIB};
 
@@ -3251,7 +3480,7 @@ sub staticmake {
     # And as it's not yet built, we add the current extension
     # but only if it has some C code (or XS code, which implies C code)
     if (@{$self->{C}}) {
-	@static = $self->catfile($self->{INST_ARCHLIB},
+	@static = File::Spec->catfile($self->{INST_ARCHLIB},
 				 "auto",
 				 $self->{FULLEXT},
 				 "$self->{BASEEXT}$self->{LIB_EXT}"
@@ -3288,22 +3517,30 @@ sub subdir_x {
     my($self, $subdir) = @_;
     my(@m);
     if ($Is_Win32 && Win32::IsWin95()) {
-	# XXX: dmake-specific, like rest of Win95 port
-	return <<EOT;
+	if ($Config{'make'} =~ /dmake/i) {
+	    # dmake-specific
+	    return <<EOT;
 subdirs ::
 @[
 	cd $subdir
-	\$(MAKE) all \$(PASTHRU)
+	\$(MAKE) -f \$(FIRST_MAKEFILE) all \$(PASTHRU)
 	cd ..
 ]
 EOT
-    }
-    else {
+        } elsif ($Config{'make'} =~ /nmake/i) {
+	    # nmake-specific
+	    return <<EOT;
+subdirs ::
+	cd $subdir
+	\$(MAKE) -f \$(FIRST_MAKEFILE) all \$(PASTHRU)
+	cd ..
+EOT
+	}
+    } else {
 	return <<EOT;
 
 subdirs ::
-	$self->{NOECHO}cd $subdir && \$(MAKE) all \$(PASTHRU)
-
+	$self->{NOECHO}cd $subdir && \$(MAKE) -f \$(FIRST_MAKEFILE) all \$(PASTHRU)
 EOT
     }
 }
@@ -3347,9 +3584,9 @@ sub test {
 # --- Test and Installation Sections ---
 
     my($self, %attribs) = @_;
-    my $tests = $attribs{TESTS};
+    my $tests = $attribs{TESTS} || '';
     if (!$tests && -d 't') {
-	$tests = $Is_Win32 ? join(' ', <t\\*.t>) : 't/*.t';
+        $tests = $self->find_tests;
     }
     # note: 'test.pl' name is also hardcoded in init_dirscan()
     my(@m);
@@ -3364,19 +3601,28 @@ testdb :: testdb_\$(LINKTYPE)
 
 test :: \$(TEST_TYPE)
 ");
-    push(@m, map("\t$self->{NOECHO}cd $_ && \$(TEST_F) $self->{MAKEFILE} && \$(MAKE) test \$(PASTHRU)\n",
-		 @{$self->{DIR}}));
+
+    if ($Is_Win32 && Win32::IsWin95()) {
+        push(@m, map(qq{\t$self->{NOECHO}\$(PERLRUN) -e "exit unless -f shift; chdir '$_'; system q{\$(MAKE) test \$(PASTHRU)}" $self->{MAKEFILE}\n}, @{$self->{DIR}}));
+    }
+    else {
+        push(@m, map("\t$self->{NOECHO}cd $_ && \$(TEST_F) $self->{MAKEFILE} && \$(MAKE) test \$(PASTHRU)\n", @{$self->{DIR}}));
+    }
+
     push(@m, "\t$self->{NOECHO}echo 'No tests defined for \$(NAME) extension.'\n")
 	unless $tests or -f "test.pl" or @{$self->{DIR}};
     push(@m, "\n");
 
     push(@m, "test_dynamic :: pure_all\n");
-    push(@m, $self->test_via_harness('$(FULLPERL)', '$(TEST_FILES)')) if $tests;
-    push(@m, $self->test_via_script('$(FULLPERL)', '$(TEST_FILE)')) if -f "test.pl";
+    push(@m, $self->test_via_harness('$(FULLPERLRUN)', '$(TEST_FILES)')) 
+      if $tests;
+    push(@m, $self->test_via_script('$(FULLPERLRUN)', '$(TEST_FILE)')) 
+      if -f "test.pl";
     push(@m, "\n");
 
     push(@m, "testdb_dynamic :: pure_all\n");
-    push(@m, $self->test_via_script('$(FULLPERL) $(TESTDB_SW)', '$(TEST_FILE)'));
+    push(@m, $self->test_via_script('$(FULLPERLRUN) $(TESTDB_SW)', 
+                                    '$(TEST_FILE)'));
     push(@m, "\n");
 
     # Occasionally we may face this degenerate target:
@@ -3397,29 +3643,27 @@ test :: \$(TEST_TYPE)
     join("", @m);
 }
 
-=item test_via_harness (o)
+=item test_via_harness (override)
 
-Helper method to write the test targets
+For some reason which I forget, Unix machines like to have
+PERL_DL_NONLAZY set for tests.
 
 =cut
 
 sub test_via_harness {
     my($self, $perl, $tests) = @_;
-    $perl = "PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 $perl" unless $Is_Win32;
-    "\t$perl".q! -I$(INST_ARCHLIB) -I$(INST_LIB) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -e 'use Test::Harness qw(&runtests $$verbose); $$verbose=$(TEST_VERBOSE); runtests @ARGV;' !."$tests\n";
+    return $self->SUPER::test_via_harness("PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 $perl", $tests);
 }
 
-=item test_via_script (o)
+=item test_via_script (override)
 
-Other helper method for test.
+Again, the PERL_DL_NONLAZY thing.
 
 =cut
 
 sub test_via_script {
     my($self, $perl, $script) = @_;
-    $perl = "PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 $perl" unless $Is_Win32;
-    qq{\t$perl}.q{ -I$(INST_ARCHLIB) -I$(INST_LIB) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) }.qq{$script
-};
+    return $self->SUPER::test_via_script("PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 $perl", $script);
 }
 
 =item tool_autosplit (o)
@@ -3430,15 +3674,16 @@ pm_to_blib soon.
 =cut
 
 sub tool_autosplit {
-# --- Tool Sections ---
-
     my($self, %attribs) = @_;
     my($asl) = "";
-    $asl = "\$AutoSplit::Maxlen=$attribs{MAXLEN};" if $attribs{MAXLEN};
-    q{
+    $asl = "\$\$AutoSplit::Maxlen=$attribs{MAXLEN};" if $attribs{MAXLEN};
+
+    return sprintf <<'MAKE_FRAG', $asl;
 # Usage: $(AUTOSPLITFILE) FileToSplit AutoDirToSplitInto
-AUTOSPLITFILE = $(PERL) "-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" -e 'use AutoSplit;}.$asl.q{autosplit($$ARGV[0], $$ARGV[1], 0, 1, 1) ;'
-};
+AUTOSPLITFILE = $(PERLRUN) -e 'use AutoSplit; %s autosplit($$ARGV[0], $$ARGV[1], 0, 1, 1) ;'
+
+MAKE_FRAG
+
 }
 
 =item tools_other (o)
@@ -3464,13 +3709,13 @@ SHELL = $bin_sh
     push @m, q{
 # The following is a portable way to say mkdir -p
 # To see which directories are created, change the if 0 to if 1
-MKPATH = $(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath
+MKPATH = $(PERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::Command" -e mkpath
 
 # This helps us to minimize the effect of the .exists files A yet
 # better solution would be to have a stable file in the perl
 # distribution with a timestamp of zero. But this solution doesn't
 # need any changes to the core distribution and works with older perls
-EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP = $(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -MExtUtils::Command -e eqtime
+EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP = $(PERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::Command" -e eqtime
 };
 
 
@@ -3487,7 +3732,7 @@ WARN_IF_OLD_PACKLIST = $(PERL) -we 'exit unless -f $$ARGV[0];' \\
 UNINST=0
 VERBINST=0
 
-MOD_INSTALL = $(PERL) -I$(INST_LIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) -MExtUtils::Install \
+MOD_INSTALL = $(PERL) "-I$(INST_LIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" "-MExtUtils::Install" \
 -e "install({@ARGV},'$(VERBINST)',0,'$(UNINST)');"
 
 DOC_INSTALL = $(PERL) -e '$$\="\n\n";' \
@@ -3496,7 +3741,7 @@ DOC_INSTALL = $(PERL) -e '$$\="\n\n";' \
 -e 'while (defined($$key = shift) and defined($$val = shift)){print "=item *";print "C<$$key: $$val>";}' \
 -e 'print "=back";'
 
-UNINSTALL =   $(PERL) -MExtUtils::Install \
+UNINSTALL =   $(PERLRUN) "-MExtUtils::Install" \
 -e 'uninstall($$ARGV[0],1,1); print "\nUninstall is deprecated. Please check the";' \
 -e 'print " packlist above carefully.\n  There may be errors. Remove the";' \
 -e 'print " appropriate files manually.\n  Sorry for the inconveniences.\n"'
@@ -3514,8 +3759,8 @@ Determines typemaps, xsubpp version, prototype behaviour.
 sub tool_xsubpp {
     my($self) = shift;
     return "" unless $self->needs_linking;
-    my($xsdir)  = $self->catdir($self->{PERL_LIB},"ExtUtils");
-    my(@tmdeps) = $self->catdir('$(XSUBPPDIR)','typemap');
+    my($xsdir)  = File::Spec->catdir($self->{PERL_LIB},"ExtUtils");
+    my(@tmdeps) = File::Spec->catdir('$(XSUBPPDIR)','typemap');
     if( $self->{TYPEMAPS} ){
 	my $typemap;
 	foreach $typemap (@{$self->{TYPEMAPS}}){
@@ -3534,7 +3779,7 @@ sub tool_xsubpp {
     }
 
 
-    my $xsubpp_version = $self->xsubpp_version($self->catfile($xsdir,"xsubpp"));
+    my $xsubpp_version = $self->xsubpp_version(File::Spec->catfile($xsdir,"xsubpp"));
 
     # What are the correct thresholds for version 1 && 2 Paul?
     if ( $xsubpp_version > 1.923 ){
@@ -3558,6 +3803,7 @@ XSUBPP = \$(XSUBPPDIR)/$xsubpp
 XSPROTOARG = $self->{XSPROTOARG}
 XSUBPPDEPS = @tmdeps \$(XSUBPP)
 XSUBPPARGS = @tmargs
+XSUBPP_EXTRA_ARGS = 
 };
 };
 
@@ -3574,7 +3820,7 @@ sub xsubpp_version
 
     return "" unless $self->needs_linking;
 
-    my $command = "$self->{PERL} -I$self->{PERL_LIB} $xsubpp -v 2>&1";
+    my $command = qq{$self->{PERL} "-I$self->{PERL_LIB}" $xsubpp -v 2>&1};
     print "Running $command\n" if $Verbose >= 2;
     $version = `$command` ;
     warn "Running '$command' exits with status " . ($?>>8) if $?;
@@ -3627,12 +3873,9 @@ sub top_targets {
 
     my($self) = shift;
     my(@m);
-    push @m, '
-#all ::	config $(INST_PM) subdirs linkext manifypods
-';
 
     push @m, '
-all :: pure_all htmlifypods manifypods
+all :: pure_all manifypods
 	'.$self->{NOECHO}.'$(NOOP)
 ' 
 	  unless $self->{SKIPHASH}{'all'};
@@ -3656,24 +3899,6 @@ config :: $(INST_AUTODIR)/.exists
 
     push @m, $self->dir_target(qw[$(INST_AUTODIR) $(INST_LIBDIR) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)]);
 
-    if (%{$self->{HTMLLIBPODS}}) {
-	push @m, qq[
-config :: \$(INST_HTMLLIBDIR)/.exists
-	$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)
-
-];
-	push @m, $self->dir_target(qw[$(INST_HTMLLIBDIR)]);
-    }
-
-    if (%{$self->{HTMLSCRIPTPODS}}) {
-	push @m, qq[
-config :: \$(INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR)/.exists
-	$self->{NOECHO}\$(NOOP)
-
-];
-	push @m, $self->dir_target(qw[$(INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR)]);
-    }
-
     if (%{$self->{MAN1PODS}}) {
 	push @m, qq[
 config :: \$(INST_MAN1DIR)/.exists
@@ -3700,13 +3925,6 @@ help:
 	perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker
 };
 
-    push @m, q{
-Version_check:
-	}.$self->{NOECHO}.q{$(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) \
-		-MExtUtils::MakeMaker=Version_check \
-		-e "Version_check('$(MM_VERSION)')"
-};
-
     join('',@m);
 }
 
@@ -3736,7 +3954,7 @@ sub xs_c {
     return '' unless $self->needs_linking();
     '
 .xs.c:
-	$(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) $(XSUBPP) $(XSPROTOARG) $(XSUBPPARGS) $*.xs > $*.xsc && $(MV) $*.xsc $*.c
+	$(PERLRUN) $(XSUBPP) $(XSPROTOARG) $(XSUBPPARGS) $(XSUBPP_EXTRA_ARGS) $*.xs > $*.xsc && $(MV) $*.xsc $*.c
 ';
 }
 
@@ -3751,7 +3969,7 @@ sub xs_cpp {
     return '' unless $self->needs_linking();
     '
 .xs.cpp:
-	$(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) $(XSUBPP) $(XSPROTOARG) $(XSUBPPARGS) $*.xs > $*.xsc && $(MV) $*.xsc $*.cpp
+	$(PERLRUN) $(XSUBPP) $(XSPROTOARG) $(XSUBPPARGS) $*.xs > $*.xsc && $(MV) $*.xsc $*.cpp
 ';
 }
 
@@ -3767,22 +3985,36 @@ sub xs_o {	# many makes are too dumb to use xs_c then c_o
     return '' unless $self->needs_linking();
     '
 .xs$(OBJ_EXT):
-	$(PERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) $(XSUBPP) $(XSPROTOARG) $(XSUBPPARGS) $*.xs > $*.xsc && $(MV) $*.xsc $*.c
-	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) -I$(PERL_INC) $(DEFINE) $*.c
+	$(PERLRUN) $(XSUBPP) $(XSPROTOARG) $(XSUBPPARGS) $*.xs > $*.xsc && $(MV) $*.xsc $*.c
+	$(CCCMD) $(CCCDLFLAGS) "-I$(PERL_INC)" $(PASTHRU_DEFINE) $(DEFINE) $*.c
 ';
 }
 
 =item perl_archive
 
 This is internal method that returns path to libperl.a equivalent
-to be linked to dynamic extensions. UNIX does not have one but OS2
-and Win32 do.
+to be linked to dynamic extensions. UNIX does not have one but other
+OSs might have one.
 
 =cut 
 
 sub perl_archive
 {
- return '$(PERL_INC)' . "/$Config{libperl}" if $^O eq "beos";
+ return "";
+}
+
+=item perl_archive_after
+
+This is an internal method that returns path to a library which
+should be put on the linker command line I<after> the external libraries
+to be linked to dynamic extensions.  This may be needed if the linker
+is one-pass, and Perl includes some overrides for C RTL functions,
+such as malloc().
+
+=cut 
+
+sub perl_archive_after
+{
  return "";
 }