Test::distmanifest provides a simple method of testing that a manifest matches the distribution. it is similar to test::checkmanifest, but differs in that it has native support for the manifest.skip file.

it tests three things:

1. everything in manifest exists
2. everything in the package is listed in manifest, or subsequently matches
a regular expression mask in manifest.skip
3. nothing exists in manifest that also matches a mask in manifest.skip,
which is an unsatisfiable condition
much of the functionality is provided by module::manifest, so developers wishing to manipulate manifest files in a similar way are encouraged to look at that distribution.