On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 1:17 AM, James E Keenan <jk...@verizon.net> wrote:
> When I am working on an update to a CPAN distribution, I say "make clean", > then create the Makefile in the customary way -- but I get a warning about > files missing from my "kit". > > ##### > $ perl Makefile.PL > Checking if your kit is complete... > Warning: the following files are missing in your kit: > MYMETA.json > MYMETA.yml > Please inform the author. > Generating a Unix-style Makefile > Writing Makefile for List::Compare > Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json > ##### > > MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json are then written. > > I list MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json in the distribution's MANIFEST, so they > are included in the tarball which gets uploaded to CPAN. I don't > customarily put either MYMETA.* under version control (in this case, git). > > What is the significance of the warning? Should I take any steps to avert > it? > MYMETA *must not* be listed in the MANIFEST (and neither is it sensible to put it under version control). This sounds like the dist is not having MYMETA in its MANIFEST.SKIP file, adding it there should solve this problem. Leon
