There is a number of distributions installing ._* files (see below). These files are not needed. The file type was "AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file". OTOH I haven't found any valid ._* file, but I didn't check every package inheriting perl-module or perl-apps. I am going to add | find "${S}" -type f -name "._*" -delete to perl-module_src_prepare. =perl-core/File-Temp-0.20 =dev-perl/crypt-idea-1.08 =dev-perl/ParaDNS-1.8 =dev-perl/Nmap-Parser-1.19 dev-perl/Catalyst-Plugin-Prototype-? (from perl-experimental)
*** Bug 299951 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 299953 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
ExtUtils-F77: usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/ExtUtils/._F77.pm
Heh, didn't check that :) was looking for osx fork files :P Anyway, yeah it's boring, Ruby is worse because most of the developers nowadays use OSX and package up the ._ files without reasons, and the new eclasses remove them as well.
dev-perl/HTML-Object-2.29 * Tinderbox QA Warning! OSX fork files found (._*) usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._FrameSet.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._WMLCard.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._Widgets.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._WMLDeck.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._WAP.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._ErrorBase.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._Base.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._HDMLDeck.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._Form.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._HDMLCard.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._ReadCookie.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._Normal.pm usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/HTMLObject/._Template.pm
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/eclass/perl-module.eclass?r1=1.122&r2=1.123