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and subject line Bug#1113977: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #1111977,
regarding libmediascan: FTBFS with Perl 5.42: Unparseable XSUB parameter
to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: libmediascan
Version: 0~20220401.git.34fc2d-7
Severity: important
Tags: ftbfs forky sid patch upstream
User: [email protected]
Usertags: perl-5.42-transition
This package fails to build with Perl 5.42 (currently in experimental.)
https://perl.debian.net/rebuild-logs/perl-5.42/libmediascan_0~20220401.git.34fc2d-7/libmediascan_0~20220401.git.34fc2d-7+b1_amd64-2025-08-22T05:57:37Z.build
dh_auto_build
--sourcedir=/build/libmediascan-sQcix3/libmediascan-0~20220401.git.34fc2d/bindings/perl
cd bindings/perl && make -j2
make[2]: Entering directory
'/build/libmediascan-sQcix3/libmediascan-0~20220401.git.34fc2d/bindings/perl'
Running Mkbootstrap for Scan ()
chmod 644 "Scan.bs"
"/usr/bin/perl" "/usr/share/perl/5.42/ExtUtils/xsubpp" -typemap
'/usr/share/perl/5.42/ExtUtils/typemap' -typemap
'/build/libmediascan-sQcix3/libmediascan-0~20220401.git.34fc2d/bindings/perl/typemap'
Scan.xs > Scan.xsc
cp lib/Media/Scan.pm blib/lib/Media/Scan.pm
cp lib/Media/Scan/Result.pm blib/lib/Media/Scan/Result.pm
cp lib/Media/Scan/Error.pm blib/lib/Media/Scan/Error.pm
cp lib/Media/Scan/Audio.pm blib/lib/Media/Scan/Audio.pm
cp lib/Media/Scan/Image.pm blib/lib/Media/Scan/Image.pm
cp lib/Media/Scan/Video.pm blib/lib/Media/Scan/Video.pm
cp lib/Media/Scan/Progress.pm blib/lib/Media/Scan/Progress.pm
"/usr/bin/perl" -MExtUtils::Command::MM -e 'cp_nonempty' -- Scan.bs
blib/arch/auto/Media/Scan/Scan.bs 644
Unparseable XSUB parameter: 'MediaScan *' in Scan.xs, line 273
make[2]: *** [Makefile:380: Scan.c] Error 1
This is because of changes in ExtUtils-ParseXS, which
now properly detects invalid XS syntax in this module. See
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=162293 for a similar issue
in Crypt-SMIME. The attached patch adopts the technique suggested there
by Dave Mitchell: give the ignored first parameter a name but no type.
This works for on both Perl 5.40 and 5.42.
If you want to test changes against Perl 5.42 in experimental and run
into uninstallability problems, there is a test repository of rebuilt
Debian sid packages for amd64 available at <https://perl.debian.net/>.
Thanks for your work on Debian,
--
Niko Tyni [email protected]
>From 76d6b57e4025ebf5f331378ccf3c8cb5bddb83e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niko Tyni <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 17:26:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix invalid XS syntax that breaks the build with Perl 5.42
Older versions of ExtUtils::ParseXS used to silently ignore parameter
declarations that it could not parse. Newer ones (starting around Perl
5.42) issue a syntax error ("Unparseable XSUB parameter") instead.
See https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=162293 for a similar
issue in another module (Crypt-SMIME), where Dave Mitchell recommends
giving the ignored parameter a name but no type.
---
bindings/perl/Scan.xs | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/bindings/perl/Scan.xs b/bindings/perl/Scan.xs
index e778e98..c1376a5 100644
--- a/bindings/perl/Scan.xs
+++ b/bindings/perl/Scan.xs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ CODE:
}
void
-set_log_level(MediaScan *, int level)
+set_log_level(class, int level)
CODE:
{
ms_set_log_level(level);
--
2.49.0
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 0~20220401.git.34fc2d-7+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package libmediascan has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1113977
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
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pp.
Paul Tagliamonte (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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