ExtUtils::MakeMaker version is independent of perl
version.
Module::CoreList reports
perl 5.00307 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.38
perl 5.004 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.4002
perl 5.00405 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.42
perl 5.005 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.4301
perl 5.00503 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.4302
perl 5.006 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.45
perl 5.006001 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.45
perl 5.007003 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.48_03
perl 5.008 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.03
but that doesn't stop anyone from upgrading MakeMaker
(I currently have 6.17 installed everywhere)
So sub get_man3pods is wrong
(you shouldn't be testing the perl version)