I guess that the version of Module::Build that you have installed is incompatible with the features that this Build.PL requests or something. A look into the Build.PL of DBIx::Class doesn't reveal anything (to me at least) that really requires features of Module::Build that are unavailable in ExtUtils::MakeMaker. I think a blindly ported, untested Makefile.PL like below should work for DBIx::Class as well:

use strict;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
# See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence
# the contents of the Makefile that is written.

WriteMakefile(
    'NAME'    => 'DBIx::Class',
    'VERSION_FROM'  => 'lib/DBIx/Class.pm', # finds $VERSION
    'PREREQ_PM'    => { 
        'Data::Page'                => 2.00,
        'Scalar::Util'              => 0,
        'SQL::Abstract'             => 1.20,
        'SQL::Abstract::Limit'      => 0.101,
        'Class::C3'                 => 0.11,
        'Storable'                  => 0,
        'Class::Data::Accessor'     => 0.01,
         'Carp::Clan'            => 0,
        'DBI'                       => 1.40,

        # Required for build
        'DBD::SQLite'               => 1.11,

        # Recommended
        'Data::UUID'                => 0,
        'Module::Find'              => 0,
        'Class::Inspector'          => 0,
    }, # e.g., Module::Name => 1.1
);

1;

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You will have to comment out the modules in the build or recommended sections if you don't want these modules. You might want to report the problem with Module::Build to the Module::Build mailing list or maybe through RT.

In reply to Re: Module::Build, PodParser and no 'file' or 'fh' parameter by Corion
in thread Module::Build, PodParser and no 'file' or 'fh' parameter by Brutha

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