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in thread Exclude files and directories in tarfile for CPAN upload

Confusingly did Module::Starter create a README, but PAUSE says not to upload one...

The PAUSE document is advising you not to upload a separate README file individually outside of the distribution tarball. That's a totally different thing from including a README inside the tarball which you absolutely should do.

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Re^4: Exclude files and directories in tarfile for CPAN upload
by choroba (Cardinal) on Oct 25, 2024 at 13:04 UTC
    What you shouldn't do, on the other hand, is to upload a README.pod file. It gets installed into a wrong path by cpan, see for example here.

    map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]
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