Some modules' tarballs don't set the x bit on directories, which makes it impossible for a non-root user to run Makefile.PL or the module's tests. The usual cause is that the author suffers from Windows, and the fix is to use '--mode 755' when creating the tarball.

I think it would be a good idea for CPANTS to check that directories have the x bits set. This would either be a new metric, or could be rolled into 'extracts_nicely', or could be combined with 'no_symlinks' and called 'uses_portable_filesystem_features' or something similar.

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David Cantrell

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