Does it work if you are doing only one module? Do you see the "Creating Makefile.PL" message when you do ./Build.PL dist? What version of Module::Build are you seeing this happen with?
Comment on Re: Build.PL not generating Makefile.PL
I see what I was missing. I am using automake. To generate the Makefile.PL, I need to use "Build dist", and then Makefile.PL is created. So I have added that to Makefile.am