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+This is the README file for PAR::Dist, a toolkit to create and
+manipulate PAR distributions.
+
+Please type "perldoc PAR::Dist" after installation to see the module
+usage information.
+
+* Installation
+
+PAR::Dist uses the standard perl module install process:
+
+cpansign -v # optional; see SIGNATURE for details
+perl Makefile.PL
+make # or 'nmake' on Win32
+make test
+make install
+
+* Contact
+
+PAR has a mailing list, <par@perl.org>, that you can write to;
+send an empty mail to <par-subscribe@perl.org> to join the list
+and participate in the discussion. For web-accessible archives,
+see <http://nntp.x.perl.org/group/perl.par/>.
+
+Please send bug reports to <bug-par@rt.cpan.org>.
+
+* Copyright
+
+Copyright 2003-2007 by Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>.
+
+All rights reserved. You can redistribute and/or modify
+this bundle under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>.