On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 03:01:11PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:17:56PM +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > > [d-release CC-ed for oppinion] > > [please CC at least debian-perl] > > > > > On 2007-06-23 Matthias Klose wrote: > > > > > > Package: libdbi-perl > > > > > > This package has been indentified as one with header files in > > > > > > /usr/include matching 'long *double'. Please close this bug report > > > > > > if it is a false positive, or rename the package accordingly.
> It appears that libdbi-perl is included in the list for the ldbl transition > because of the file /usr/lib/perl5/auto/DBI/dbipport.h. I don't believe > that anything in Debian builds against this file, but then I also don't know > why it's in the package at all. If other packages do build against this > header, then there is at least potentially an ABI change that needs to be > handled. If this header is dead weight, then no changes need to be made to > the libdbi-perl package for this bug report (not even "depending on a perl > that is compiled with the new glibc/gcc"). The libdbd-*-perl packages do build against this file, through DBIXS.h. The file provides a compatibility API for older versions of Perl so that XS modules can use features introduced in newer versions. See Devel::PPPort(3perl) for more information. In this case, the relevant block is #ifndef NVTYPE # if defined(USE_LONG_DOUBLE) && defined(HAS_LONG_DOUBLE) # define NVTYPE long double # else # define NVTYPE double # endif which provides the NVTYPE definition when building with an old Perl that doesn't know about it. Now, 'perl dbipport.h --api-info NVTYPE' says Supported at least starting from perl-5.6.0. Support by dbipport.h provided back to perl-5.003. so this isn't used on Debian. Even if it were, our perl is compiled without the 'uselongdouble' configuration parameter (see #430322), so the 'long double' alternative wouldn't be used anyway. I'm closing the bug, please reopen if I have missed something. In that case, #430264 should probably be reopened too. Cheers, -- Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
