Expected Behavior

The file is placed at the toot of the build tree and findlib can parse it

Actual Behavior

Findlib cannot parse it since it lacks the directory stanza. The file is only accepted when symlinked in _build/install/...lib/pkg/META since there it does not need the directory stanza.

My suggestion is to create two meta files, one good for installation, and another one good for using uninstalled. The former shall be "hidden".