Control: user [email protected] Control: usertag -1 bcn2015 -=| Brendan Byrd, 08.04.2012 11:57:53 -0400 |=- > Package: dh-make-perl > Version: 0.75-1 > Severity: normal > > When installing package A in CPAN, and finding that package B is also > required, > dh-make-perl will then install package B in CPAN. The trouble is that > package B > is not shared to package A when it finally gets to testing for package A. If > package B does not exist within @INC (ie: the package hasn't been installed in > the core directories), the testing will likely croak with messages like this: > > t/01use.t .......... 1/1 > # Failed test 'use Package::A;' > # at t/01use.t line 3. > # Tried to use 'Package::A'. > # Error: Can't locate Package/B.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/inc > /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/blib/lib > /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/blib/arch /etc/perl > /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 > /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 > /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at > /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/blib/lib/Package/A.pm line 7. > # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/blib/lib/Package/A.pm line 7. > # Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 2. > # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 4) line 2. > # Looks like you failed 1 test of 1. > > The workaround is to, of course, install the dependency manually via CPAN, but > this pollutes the core directories with non-Debian files, and defeats the > purpose of dh-make-perl in general.
I guess the right workaround is to install the libB-perl.deb first and then go in with packaging A. Or, use dh-make-perl --recursive --install --cpan A. Does that help? -- dam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
