If you are using Build.PL define the {requires}{perl} = VERSION field. If you are using MakeMaker (Makefile.PL) you should upgrade ExtUtils::MakeMaker to 6.48 and use MIN_PERL_VERSION parameter. Perl::MinimumVersion can help you determine which version of Perl your module needs.

Fix the problematic entry.

Error: Unrecognized escape \i passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/(?:^\.git)|(?:^[^/]+\.pl$)|(?:^\i <-- HERE gnore.txt)|(?:^_build)|(?:^Build$)|(?:^blib)|(?:^Data-Printer)|(?:~$)|(?:\.bak$)|(?:cover_db)|(?:\..*\.sw.?$)|(?:^Makefile$)|(?:^pm_to_blib$)|(?:^blibdirs$)|(?:\.old$)|(?:^#.*#$)|(?:^\.#)|(?:^TODO$)|(?:^\._.*$)|(?:^MYMETA.yml$)|(?:^MYMETA\.json$)/ at lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm line 440.

Fix the version numbers so that version::is_lax($version) returns true.

Error:

• lib/DDP.pm: HASH(0x5597e2670070)

Add all modules contained in this distribution to the META.yml field 'provides'. Module::Build or Dist::Zilla::Plugin::MetaProvides do this automatically for you.

This is not a critical issue. Currently mainly informative for the CPANTS authors. It might be removed later.