AutoSplit will fail to create an index for files whose modification time is 0 because its default time for a non-existent index is 1. Set this default time to -1 instead. --- perl-5.16.1/cpan/AutoLoader/lib/AutoSplit.pm.orig 2012-02-14 22:44:36.000000000 -0600 +++ perl-5.16.1/cpan/AutoLoader/lib/AutoSplit.pm 2015-09-09 19:59:22.208708921 -0500 @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ my($al_idx_file) = catfile($autodir, $modpname, $IndexFile); if ($check_mod_time){ - my($al_ts_time) = (stat("$al_idx_file"))[9] || 1; + my($al_ts_time) = (stat("$al_idx_file"))[9] || -1; if ($al_ts_time >= $pm_mod_time and $al_ts_time >= $self_mod_time){ print "AutoSplit skipped ($al_idx_file newer than $filename)\n"