Bug #105297 for Test-MockObject: Test::README Overwrites File From Test-File

Wed Jun 17 12:06:16 2015 dwheeler [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:	Test::README Overwrites File From Test-File
Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:06:00 -0700
To:	Bug-Test-MockObject [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	"David E. Wheeler" <dwheeler [...] cpan.org>

Probably both have the same issue: They install the README.pod as Test::README. I suggest adding something to Makefile.PL to exclude README.pod from installation.

Wed Jun 17 12:11:28 2015 dwheeler [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I've reported this issue for Test-File [here](https://github.com/briandfoy/test-file/issues/12). Looks like it could be fixed by the use of an `INSTALL.SKIP` file, which will be read by [ExtUtils::Install](http://perldoc.perl.org/ExtUtils/Install.html).

Wed Jun 17 13:00:47 2015 ether [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On 2015-06-17 09:11:28, DWHEELER wrote: Show quoted text

> I've reported this issue for Test-File > [here](https://github.com/briandfoy/test-file/issues/12). Looks like > it could be fixed by the use of an `INSTALL.SKIP` file, which will be > read by > [ExtUtils::Install](http://perldoc.perl.org/ExtUtils/Install.html).

I've approached this problem by never shipping a README.pod -- I only generate one for the github repository, but exclude it from being packaged into the tarball entirely, since it is redundant with the main documentation's pod anyway. Another option is generating a README.md instead of .pod, which PAUSE and installers (EUMM etc) do not treat as installable library files.

Wed Jun 17 13:00:47 2015 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Mon Jun 22 17:47:19 2015 bdfoy [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Track this at Github: https://github.com/briandfoy/test-file/issues/12

Thu Nov 10 10:10:18 2016 KENTNL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Attached INSTALL.SKIP file tested to work.

It however may give the appearance of not working, because EUMM will still report copying README.pod to blib/

However, INSTALL.SKIP filters from blib/ to $INSTALL, and so the regex must match paths in blib/

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