My script is something like: make manifest; make clean; removeAppleDouble; perl Makefile.PL; make; make install

:) Well, there's your problem!

 make manifest without a MANIFEST.SKIP gets you into trouble 

$ dmake manifest
C:\perl\5.14.1\bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Mani
+fest=mkmanifest" -e mkmanifest
Added to MANIFEST: .AppleDouble/Foo.pm

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OOOPS 

$ dmake help |grep "make manifest" -A3
    make manifest
        rewrites the MANIFEST file, adding all remaining files found (
+See
        ExtUtils::Manifest::mkmanifest() for details)

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With an addition to MANIFEST.SKIP all goes as planned 

$ dmake manifest
C:\perl\5.14.1\bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Mani
+fest=mkmanifest" -e mkmanifest

$ dmake skipcheck
C:\perl\5.14.1\bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Mani
+fest=skipcheck" -e skipcheck
Skipping .AppleDouble/Foo.pm
Skipping Makefile
Skipping MANIFEST.bak
Skipping MYMETA.json
Skipping MYMETA.yml

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In reply to Re^3: ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files by Anonymous Monk
in thread ExtUtils::MakeMaker and dot files by SleepyJay

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