Not a lot of info:

perl t/manifest.t
1..0 # SKIP Author tests not required for installation
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export RELEASE_TESTING=1; perl t/manifest.t 
1..1
not ok 1
#   Failed test at /usr/local/share/perl/5.30.0/Test/CheckManifest.pm 
+line 190.
#          got: 0
#     expected: 1
# The following files are not named in the MANIFEST file: /home/leam/t
+mp/test_module_starter/MANIFEST.SKIP, /home/leam/tmp/test_module_star
+ter/MANIFEST.SKIP.bak
# MANIFEST: /home/leam/tmp/test_module_starter/MANIFEST
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 1.
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Looks like you need to add ^MANIFEST\. to the contents of MANIFEST.SKIP.

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It looks like distcheck isn't honouring the MANIFEST.SKIP file. Let ./Build test be enough. The t/manifest.t tests check the MANIFEST anyway, and it appears it does so properly.

Just add MANIFEST.SKIP to MANIFEST as hippo said, or do a ./Build manifest.

I misread the code when I wrote the below. Now, I'm unsure why MANIFEST.SKIP isn't being used. Nonetheless, my above post stands.

Module::Build::distcheck() in a round about way has this line: $self->_check_manifest_skip unless $self->invoked_action eq 'distclean';. That means the MANIFEST.SKIP file is not being used when the distcheck command is run.

Add MANIFEST to the MANIFEST.SKIP as hippo suggested, and just let ./Build test be enough... it verifies whether MANIFEST is up-to-date with the t/manifest.t file anyway.