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+# temporary(?) until I get around to fix M::I wrt xt/
+# needs Module::Install::AuthorTests
+eval {
+ # this should not be necessary since the autoloader is supposed
+ # to work, but there were reports of it failing
+ require Module::Install::AuthorTests;
+ recursive_author_tests (qw/xt/);
+ 1;
+} || do {
+ if (! $args->{skip_author_deps}) {
+ my $err = $@;
+
+ # better error message in case of missing dep
+ eval { require Module::Install::AuthorTests }
+ || die "\nYou need Module::Install::AuthorTests installed to run this Makefile.PL in author mode (or supply --skip_author_deps):\n\n$@\n";
+
+ die $err;
+ }
+};
+
+# keep the Makefile.PL eval happy
+1;