Package: libdpkg-perl Version: 1.19.4 User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: breaks regression
Hi. I finally investigated the dgit autopkgtest regression. The error message is: Can't locate object method "new" via package "Dpkg::Source::Format" (perhaps you forgot to load "Dpkg::Source::Format"?) at /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Source/Package.pm line 214. I had mistakenly grokked that as indicating that it was my code which depended on Dpkg::Source::Format but failed to load it. However, that isn't the case. See transcripts below, where a minimal test program for Dpkg::Source::Package fails with this error, but only with recent dpkg. I haven't dug into the dpkg history to see what change caused this. I guess it will be obvious to you. I think you may just be missing a `require'. I thought you would like information report as a bug report. I haven't made it `serious' since that doesn't seem necessary as it is blocking the dpkg testing migration already. Regards, Ian. $ dpkg-query -f'${Version}\n' -W libdpkg-perl 1.19.4 $ cat t.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Dpkg::Source::Package; my $dp = new Dpkg::Source::Package filename => $ARGV[0]; print "ok\n"; $ ./t.pl ../bpd/dgit_8.3.dsc Can't locate object method "new" via package "Dpkg::Source::Format" (perhaps you forgot to load "Dpkg::Source::Format"?) at /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Source/Package.pm line 214. $ Whereas with stretch: $ dpkg-query -f'${Version}\n' -W libdpkg-perl 1.18.25 $ ./t.pl ../bpd/dgit_8.3.dsc ok $ -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.