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and subject line Re: Bug#186778: ExtUtils::Embed problem when libperl-dev not
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regarding ExtUtils::Embed problem when libperl-dev not installed
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Package: perl-modules
Version: 5.8.0-17
When perl-modules is installed but libperl-dev is not, ExtUtils::Embed
incorrectly reports -lperl to be available.
$ perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts
-rdynamic -L/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a
-L/usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE -lperl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
Someone suggested to me the following:
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If
perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts
and
perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts
return valid data and we find xsubpp, I'm going to say that your installation is
broken, and there's nothing we should do about it. If perl's saying
"here's -lperl, really, right over here..." and that lib doesn't really
exist, it isn't our fault. Uninstalling libperl-dev should uninstall the
headers and ExtUtils::Embed packages, no questions asked.
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On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 05:15:58PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 06:51:23PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 10:55:49AM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
>
> > > There's the argument that a normal system should have all or nothing
> > > of the upstream perl distribution installed. Although we're sort of
> > > violating that already with the missing libperl.so symlink, a missing
> > > ExtUtils::Embed is a somewhat clearer case of "crippling perl."
> > >
> > > TBH, after the last time I tried to split out the dual lived modules [1]
> > > I don't have much enthusiasm in pursuing such changes.
> > >
> > > I'm slightly inclined to keep the status quo with ExtUtils::EMbed until
> > > (if?) things change with the dual lived modules, but YMMV.
> >
> > Right, yes, I understand your position. In that case the other
> > possible fix for this bug would be to patch ExtUtils::Embed to detect
> > the missing libperl-dev files (this is not a high priority item).
>
> Note that we already patch the documentation noting that libperl-dev
> is needed on Debian, debian/extutils_hacks.diff, and we should keep
> that.
This has been carried for some time. Closing this bug.
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