The provides field in the CPAN meta spec specifies that "It must contain a Unix-style relative file path".
However, package_versions_from_directory returns the native file path returned by File::Find canonicalized to the current OS by File::Spec: https://metacpan.org/source/ETHER/Module-Metadata-1.000037/lib/Module/Metadata.pm#L263
This path is then appended to the prefix with a unix-style slash unconditionally by the provides method, but the rest of the path will keep its OS-dependent path separators. Thus on a Windows system you get paths like lib/Foo\Bar.pm.
This method is currently used at least by Minilla in generating the provides metadata. Ref metacpan/metacpan-web#2306
The provides field in the CPAN meta spec specifies that "It must contain a Unix-style relative file path".
However,
package_versions_from_directoryreturns the native file path returned by File::Find canonicalized to the current OS by File::Spec: https://metacpan.org/source/ETHER/Module-Metadata-1.000037/lib/Module/Metadata.pm#L263This path is then appended to the prefix with a unix-style slash unconditionally by the
providesmethod, but the rest of the path will keep its OS-dependent path separators. Thus on a Windows system you get paths likelib/Foo\Bar.pm.This method is currently used at least by Minilla in generating the
providesmetadata. Ref metacpan/metacpan-web#2306