$ module-starter --module=Module::BuildDistro
$ cd Module-BuildDistro/
$ perl Makefile.PL
$ make dist 
     # <---- this throws erros
$ touch META.yml
$ make dist
     # <---- succeeds!

##</code><code>##

hesco@testbed:~/sb/Module-BuildDistro$ make dist
rm -rf Module-BuildDistro-v0.0.3
/usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Manifest=manicopy,maniread" \
        -e "manicopy(maniread(),'Module-BuildDistro-v0.0.3', 'best');"
mkdir Module-BuildDistro-v0.0.3
-e: META.yml not found at -e line 1
Can't read META.yml: No such file or directory
make: *** [create_distdir] Error 2