Sign the dist as the last step before creating the archive. Take care not to modify/regenerate dist meta files or the manifest.

Error: Old SIGNATURE detected. Please inform the module author to regenerate SIGNATURE using Module::Signature version 0.82 or newer. gpg: Signature made Sun 15 Feb 2009 11:11:38 AM JST gpg: using DSA key AD05796B080ABA07 gpg: Can't check signature: No public key ==> BAD/TAMPERED signature detected! <==

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.

Add a META.json to the distribution. Your buildtool should be able to autogenerate it.

Fix the problematic entry.

Error: ^* matches null string many times in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/(?:^(.*/)?CVS/.*)|(?:^(.*/)?.svn/.*)|(?:^Makefile(.old)?$)|(?:^Build$)|(?:^Clean$)|(?:^RollingBuild$)|(?:^blib/.*)|(?:^pm_to_blib$)|(?:^.cvsignore$)|(?:^MANIFEST.bak$)|(?:^testcheck$)|(?:^.*/\.cvsignore$)|(?:^lib/Class/MethodMaker/(?:array|hash|scalar)\.pm$)|(?:^lib/Class/MethodMaker/\.\#.*$)|(?:^lib/Class/MethodMaker\.(?:bs|o|c)$)|(?:^html(?:/.*)?$)|(?:^(.*/)?.cvsignore$)|(?:^(.*/)?.svnignore$)|(?:^INFO.yaml$)|(?:^_build/)|(?:^misc/)|(?:^* <-- HERE ~$)|(?:^make-dist$)|(?:^MethodMaker\.(?:bs|o|c)$)|(?:^lib/Class/MethodMaker.xs$)|(?:.git)|(?:.gitignore)|(?:^Class-MethodMaker-.*\..*$)/ at lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm line 440.

Define the license if you are using in Build.PL. If you are using MakeMaker (Makefile.PL) you should upgrade to ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 6.31.

Add 'use warnings' (or its equivalents) to all modules, or convince us that your favorite module is well-known enough and people can easily see the modules warn when something bad happens.

Error: Class::MethodMaker, CommonMethods, Generate

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.

Add a 'repository' resource to the META.yml via 'meta_add' accessor (for Module::Build) or META_ADD parameter (for ExtUtils::MakeMaker).

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