Re: [PATCH v2] Add MYMETA.yml to perl/.gitignore

On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 03:41:24PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Sebastian Morr [off-list ref] writes:

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This file is auto-generated by newer versions of ExtUtils::MakeMaker
(presumably starting with the version shipping with Perl 5.14). It just
contains extra information about the environment and arguments to the
Makefile-building process, and can be safely deleted.

"safely deleted" sounds as if you made "make clean" remove it.  I do not
mind doing s/and can be.*/and should be ignored./ myself, if you want.

You're very welcome to do that.

Does running "make clean" actually remove it, by the way?

Yes, it does. perl/perl.mak (which, in turn, is generated by MakeMaker
via perl/Makefile) takes care of that file explicitly.