Hi,
I have a Makefile.PL that, in addition to doing the usual things, compiles 3 executables from C source files - by running system() commands. On Windows Vista64, (ActiveState build 820), when building with Visual Studio 2005 I find that in addition to building the '*.exe' (as expected), a '*.exe.manifest' is also created (which I didn't expect).

A quick and simple test case failed to re-create the problem. I'll try to come up with a proper test case tomorrow. In the meantime, is anyone here familiar with the circumstances that lead to the creation of this ridiculous file ?

As an example of what it contains, here are the contents of 'version.exe.manifest' (which, seemingly, is created when version.exe is built from version.c): 
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>
<assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' manifestVersion='1.
+0'>
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC80.CRT' version
+='8.0.50608.0' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1
+e18e3b' />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
</assembly>

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Cheers,
Rob

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