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Id: 41393
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Queue: DBIx-Compare

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Requestors: ANDK [...] cpan.org
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Severity: Normal
Broken in: 1.4
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Subject: Distribution contains suspicious ._* files
$ ls -al total 88 drwx------ 4 sand sand 4096 2008-12-03 09:05 . drwxr-xr-x 30 sand sand 45056 2008-12-03 09:05 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 sand sand 540 2008-12-01 12:48 Changes -rwxr-xr-x 1 sand sand 167 2008-12-01 12:48 ._Changes drwxr-xr-x 3 sand sand 4096 2008-12-01 12:39 lib -rwxr-xr-x 1 sand sand 548 2008-10-01 13:14 ._Makefile.PL -rwxr-xr-x 1 sand sand 443 2008-10-01 13:14 Makefile.PL -rwxr-xr-x 1 sand sand 176 2008-09-29 16:01 MANIFEST -rwxr-xr-x 1 sand sand 167 2008-09-29 16:01 ._MANIFEST -rwxr-xr-x 1 sand sand 827 2008-09-30 12:20 README -rwxr-xr-x 1 sand sand 167 2008-09-30 12:20 ._README drwxr-xr-x 2 sand sand 4096 2008-09-30 21:18 t These extra files confuse MakeMaker, it tries to execute the binary file ._Makefile.PL. Oh, this does not work out... Best,