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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