While the TODO was solved in b11221ff the source of confusion was not

diff --git a/TODO_SHORTTERM b/TODO_SHORTTERM
index 941f4b6..434b01f 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO_SHORTTERM
+++ b/TODO_SHORTTERM
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ bullshit
 will we ever fix it?
 * 461c7168 has two places where it sets a brand new lexical to undef. Please
 remove for the sanity of future maintainers (avoid the "why is this here?!")
-* abfc6aca ignores README - it should never appear during normal operation
-if it does - something got fucked at the distbuilding stage
 * 571df676 adds a bugs.t - please rename the test to something sensible
 * a48693f4 adds 5 files for a test that may even be the same as that from
 571df676 - please rewrite using the existing schema and delete the rest

diff --git a/maint/Makefile.PL.inc/51_autogen_README.pl b/maint/Makefile.PL.inc/51_autogen_README.pl
index 28646c5..39a2ba6 100644 (file)
--- a/maint/Makefile.PL.inc/51_autogen_README.pl
+++ b/maint/Makefile.PL.inc/51_autogen_README.pl
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# When a long-standing branch is updated a README may still inger around
+unlink 'README' if -f 'README';
+
 # Makefile syntax allows adding extra dep-specs for already-existing targets,
 # and simply appends them on *LAST*-come *FIRST*-serve basis.
 # This allows us to inject extra depenencies for standard EUMM targets