I think scriptdist is close 
$$ scriptdist footest.pl
Quiet is 0
Home directory is
RC directory is /.scriptdist
The environment variable HOME has no value, so I will look in
the current directory for /.scriptdist and /.scriptdistrc. Set
the HOME environment variable to choose another directory.
Processing footest.pl...
Making directory footest.pl.d...
Making directory footest.pl.d/t...
RC directory is /.scriptdist
cwd is ~/footest
Checking for file [.cvsignore]... Adding file [.cvsignore]...
Checking for file [.releaserc]... Adding file [.releaserc]...
Checking for file [Changes]... Adding file [Changes]...
Checking for file [MANIFEST.SKIP]... Adding file [MANIFEST.SKIP]...
Checking for file [Makefile.PL]... Adding file [Makefile.PL]...
Checking for file [t/compile.t]... Adding file [t/compile.t]...
Checking for file [t/pod.t]... Adding file [t/pod.t]...
Checking for file [t/prereq.t]... Adding file [t/prereq.t]...
Checking for file [t/test_manifest]... Adding file [t/test_manifest]..
+.
Adding [footest.pl]...
Copying script...
Opening input [footest.pl] for output [footest.pl.d/footest.pl]
Copied [footest.pl] with 0 replacements
Creating MANIFEST...

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Patched to use Test::XT - Best Practice for Author Tests, and combine with Module::Install::DSL (Module::Install extends not-typing lead over Module::Build), and Makefile.PL compacts into 
use inc::Module::Install::DSL 0.81;

all_from lib/My/Module.pm
requires_from lib/My/Module.pm
test_requires Test::More 0.42

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Fancy :)

In reply to Re: something on cpan to autogenerate Makefile.PL from existing distro? by Anonymous Monk
in thread something on cpan to autogenerate Makefile.PL from existing distro? by leocharre

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