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 autoconf -i --force
 ./configure
 make

If F<configure.ac> is not found, the project will simply be cloned and
it will be assumed the Perl modules and artifacts to be packaged are
somewhere to be found in the project tree (as described in your
buildspec file). You should make sure that you set the C<path> section
accordingly so that the utility knows were to find your Perl modules.

I<I'm actually not sure how useful this feature is. I'm guessing that
the scenario for use might be if you have the buildspec file somewhere
other than the repo you wish to build or you don't own or don't want
to fork a project but want to build a CPAN distribution from it?>

=item description

The description of the module as it will be appear in the CPAN
repository.

=item author