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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+
+use ExtUtils::Manifest 'maniadd';
+
+eval { maniadd({ README => "README file (added by Distar)"}) }
+ or print "Could not add README to MANIFEST: $@\n";
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