+
+# UNIMPLEMENTED
+sub _normalize {
+ return;
+}
+
+
+=back
+
+=head2 MANIFEST
+
+A list of files in the distribution, one file per line. The MANIFEST
+always uses Unix filepath conventions even if you're not on Unix. This
+means F<foo/bar> style not F<foo\bar>.
+
+Anything between white space and an end of line within a C<MANIFEST>
+file is considered to be a comment. Any line beginning with # is also
+a comment.
+
+ # this a comment
+ some/file
+ some/other/file comment about some/file
+
+
+=head2 MANIFEST.SKIP
+
+The file MANIFEST.SKIP may contain regular expressions of files that
+should be ignored by mkmanifest() and filecheck(). The regular
+expressions should appear one on each line. Blank lines and lines
+which start with C<#> are skipped. Use C<\#> if you need a regular
+expression to start with a C<#>.
+
+For example:
+
+ # Version control files and dirs.
+ \bRCS\b
+ \bCVS\b
+ ,v$
+ \B\.svn\b
+
+ # Makemaker generated files and dirs.
+ ^MANIFEST\.
+ ^Makefile$
+ ^blib/
+ ^MakeMaker-\d
+
+ # Temp, old and emacs backup files.
+ ~$
+ \.old$
+ ^#.*#$
+ ^\.#
+
+If no MANIFEST.SKIP file is found, a default set of skips will be
+used, similar to the example above. If you want nothing skipped,
+simply make an empty MANIFEST.SKIP file.
+
+
+=head2 EXPORT_OK
+
+C<&mkmanifest>, C<&manicheck>, C<&filecheck>, C<&fullcheck>,
+C<&maniread>, and C<&manicopy> are exportable.
+
+=head2 GLOBAL VARIABLES
+
+C<$ExtUtils::Manifest::MANIFEST> defaults to C<MANIFEST>. Changing it
+results in both a different C<MANIFEST> and a different
+C<MANIFEST.SKIP> file. This is useful if you want to maintain
+different distributions for different audiences (say a user version
+and a developer version including RCS).
+
+C<$ExtUtils::Manifest::Quiet> defaults to 0. If set to a true value,
+all functions act silently.
+
+C<$ExtUtils::Manifest::Debug> defaults to 0. If set to a true value,
+or if PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG is true, debugging output will be
+produced.
+
+=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
+
+All diagnostic output is sent to C<STDERR>.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>
+
+is reported if a file is found which is not in C<MANIFEST>.
+
+=item C<Skipping> I<file>
+
+is reported if a file is skipped due to an entry in C<MANIFEST.SKIP>.
+
+=item C<No such file:> I<file>
+
+is reported if a file mentioned in a C<MANIFEST> file does not
+exist.
+
+=item C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>
+
+is reported if C<MANIFEST> could not be opened.
+
+=item C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+
+is reported by mkmanifest() if $Verbose is set and a file is added
+to MANIFEST. $Verbose is set to 1 by default.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG>
+
+Turns on debugging
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> which has handy targets for most of the functionality.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Andreas Koenig C<andreas.koenig@anima.de>
+
+Currently maintained by Michael G Schwern C<schwern@pobox.com>
+
+=cut
+