.exp and .def files management

As I'm applying the fixes for aix build, I'd like to cleanup WrapXS.pm not to 
create/install .exp and .def files on platforms where they aren't needed.

So is this correct that .exp are needed only on AIX and .def on win32?

WrapXS.pm:generate
    $self->write_export_file('exp') if $^O eq 'aix';
    $self->write_export_file('def'); #XXX if $^O eq 'Win32'

can we s/; #XXX//; here?

I've written a small package Devel::FakeOSName which you can use as:

perl -MDevel::FakeOSName=aix Makefile.PL ...

which will make $^O and $Config::Config{osname} return 'aix' (no matter what 
the real platform is), so this is a better way to test other platforms if 
needed. Hopefully I'll put it on CPAN soon.

Also, Randy, do we need to install .def files so the XS extensions can be 
built on win32?

I'll soon release a new Apache::Peek so we can test what's needed to build 3rd 
party modules which rely on xs code, referencing mod_perl api.

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