Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-p...@lists.debian.org
* Package name : liblib-relative-perl Version : 1.000 Upstream Author : Dan Book <db...@cpan.org> * URL : https://metacpan.org/pod/lib::relative * License : Artistic-2.0 Programming Lang: Perl Description : In Perl scripts, Add paths relative to the current file to @INC Adding a path to @INC to load modules from a local directory may seem simple, but has a few common pitfalls to be aware of: Directly adding a relative path to @INC means that any later code that changes the current working directory will change where modules are loaded from. This applies to the . path that used to be in @INC by default until perl 5.26.0, or a relative path added in code like use lib 'path/to/lib', and may be a vulnerability if such a location is not supposed to be writable. Additionally, the commonly used FindBin module relies on interpreter state and the path to the original script invoked by the perl interpreter, sometimes requiring workarounds in uncommon cases like generated or embedded code. This module proposes a more straightforward method: take a path relative to the current file, absolutize it, and add it to @INC. The more straightforward name librelative-perl was already taken. [1] Perhaps the name proposed here is better for consistency, even though it looks awkward. Lintian presently uses a series of tedious work-arounds to get the same functionality. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Thanks! Kind regards, Felix Lechner [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/librelative-perl [2] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/bin/lintian#L30-38 [3] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/bin/lintian-annotate-hints#L30-38 [4] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/bin/lintian-explain-tags#L30-38 [5] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/bin/spellintian#L28-37 [6] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/generate-tag-summary#L9-18 [7] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/hintadjust#L31-40 [8] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/hintdiff#L31-40 [9] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/hintextract#L31-39 [10] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/hintsort#L31-40 [11] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/latest-policy-version#L31-40 [12] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/refresh-data#L27-35 [13] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/refresh-locale-codes#L26-35 [14] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/refresh-manual-refs#L32-41 [15] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/runtests#L36-44 [16] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/tag-stats#L17-26 [17] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/private/generate-profiles#L10-18