That should've taken care of it, what does you MANIFEST.SKIP file look like? Which version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker do you have? Here's what mine looks like 
^MANIFEST\.
^Makefile$
^blib/
^MakeMaker-\d
^pm_to_blib$
\.def$
\.bs$
\.o$
\.obj$
\.def$
\.old$
\.c$
\.lib$
\.exe$
\.la$
\.a$
\.lnk$
\.lai$
\.lo$
\.log$
\.i$
\.s$
\.tar$
\.gz$
\.zip$
\.xsc$
\.tds$
^pod2htm
\.html$
\.bak$
\~$

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What's the directories you're trying to avoid?

update: When developing/testing modules, it's best to do a `make dist', and then unpack the resulting distribution someplace other than the current working directory, and then try to make it.

Apparently, MANIFEST and MANIFEST.SKIP are consulted during make dist (among a few others), but not make. Sticking whatever dirs you were trying to hide under `t' should work %100. A `lib' has always been special to MakeMaker. MakeMaker also checks for $cwd/*/Makefile.PL, and runs those ($cwd -- current working directory).

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In reply to Re: Understanding MANIFEST and MANIFEST.SKIP to avoid making dirs/modules. by PodMaster
in thread Understanding MANIFEST and MANIFEST.SKIP to avoid making dirs/modules. by teikweidi

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