ExtUtils::Manifest and ExtUtils::Command have been split out of the MakeMaker distribution and into their own maintained by Randy Kobes. ExtUtils::Manifest includes the default MANIFEST.SKIP file and ExtUtils::Command comes with Shell::Command. This was done to:
* Reduce the maintenance load on MakeMaker * Allow them to update faster than the rather slow MakeMaker release cycle * Allow other tools to use and update them without depending on all of MakeMaker * Acknowledge that MakeMaker is no longer their only customer (Module::Build, for example) To avoid a dependency loop, MakeMaker still ships with its own copy of these modules but they are not indexed by CPAN and do not install if an equal or newer version is already installed. http://search.cpan.org/dist/ExtUtils-Manifest http://search.cpan.org/dist/ExtUtils-Install Now to move a huge pile of bugs out of my rt.cpan.org queue and into Randy's. *THUD*
