Thanks!

When it comes right down to it, there is really only one file that is usually easier to have a tool create for you: Makefile.PL

Once that is present (containing the proper commands for ExtUtils::MakeMaker) the process boils down to this: 

perl Makefile.PL
make manifest
make disttest
make dist
make distclean

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At that point you should have a tarball ready for upload to PAUSE.

What the various tools do (including Module::Cooker) is create a full skeleton structure that just happens to include Makefile.PL. Based on what you (and others) have said, I should add a means to only add any missing files such as Makefile.PL to an existing directory structure.

It helps to remember that the primary goal is to drain the swamp even when you are hip-deep in alligators.

In reply to Re^2: RFC - Module::Cooker by boftx
in thread RFC - Module::Cooker - UPDATE by boftx

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