[Module-build-general] Module::Build 0.18_02 FAIL on Windows nmake

[<ajs...@ya...>]

I tried installing Module::Build 0.18_02 on Windows XP, via:
  perl Makefile.PL
  nmake
  nmake test
  nmake install
but, alas, the "nmake test" step failed with:
  "Don't know how to to make test"
It seems that Windows NMAKE does not like .DEFAULT very much (?).
Please bear in mind that I am a bit of a make ignoramus.

There is another problem: the Module::Build distribution contains a
file INSTALL, yet Windows is case insensitive, so a target of
  install :
says, annoyingly, "'install' is up-to-date" when you try a
'nmake install'. Curiously, using a target of:
  install ::
seems to fix this, but I don't understand why (explanations and
alternative workarounds welcome).

Anyway, I was able to get it to work on both Windows and Linux by
adding the following 4 lines to sub fake_makefile in Compat.pm,
right after the 'all' target:

test ::
	$^X $build test
install ::
	$^X $build install

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