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+die "Makefile.PL does not seem to have been executed from the root distdir\n"
+ unless -d 'lib';
+
+# $FindBin::Bin is the location of the inluding Makefile.PL, not this file
+require FindBin;
+unshift @INC, "$FindBin::Bin/lib";
+
+# adjust ENV for $AUTHOR system() calls
+require Config;
+$ENV{PERL5LIB} = join ($Config::Config{path_sep}, @INC);
+
+# keep the Makefile.PL eval happy
+1;