use Module::Build; my $build = Module::Build->new( license => 'perl', dist_version => '5.54', dist_author => 'Sullivan Beck ', module_name => 'Date::Manip', dist_abstract => 'date manipulation routines', requires => { 'perl' => '5.6.0', 'Carp' => '0', 'IO::File' => '0', }, build_requires => { 'Test::More' => '0', }, build_recommends => { 'Test::Pod' => '0', 'Test::Pod::Coverage' => '0', }, sign => 1, ); $build->create_build_script;