Bug#867164: perl: base.pm change causes other packages to FTBFS
On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 12:53:01PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > It was discovered that the security fix from last summer caused various > packages to FTBFS during unrelated QA work: > > request-tracker4_4.2.8-3+deb8u1 > libgraph-writer-dsm-perl_0.006-1 > libclass-c3-xs-perl_0.13-2 > libclass-c3-perl_0.26-1 > libbio-das-lite-perl_2.04-1.1 > > This was caused by an early version of a security fix in base.pm > which was not released by upstream because of these compatibility problems. > > In stretch/sid these packages have been patched to work around the problem; > it was an oversight that similar workarounds didn't get made in jessie. > > Now that there is an improved patch available from upstream which fixes > this regression (currently in the 5.24.2-RC1 and 5.22.4-RC1 releases) we > should apply this in jessie and (for completeness) stretch point releases, > as well as sid. This is being tracked for jessie as release team bug #864745. Dominic.
Bug#867164: perl: base.pm change causes other packages to FTBFS
Source: perl Version: 5.20.2-3+deb8u6 Severity: serious Justification: causes other packages to FTBFS Tags: jessie upstream fixed-upstream It was discovered that the security fix from last summer caused various packages to FTBFS during unrelated QA work: request-tracker4_4.2.8-3+deb8u1 libgraph-writer-dsm-perl_0.006-1 libclass-c3-xs-perl_0.13-2 libclass-c3-perl_0.26-1 libbio-das-lite-perl_2.04-1.1 This was caused by an early version of a security fix in base.pm which was not released by upstream because of these compatibility problems. In stretch/sid these packages have been patched to work around the problem; it was an oversight that similar workarounds didn't get made in jessie. Now that there is an improved patch available from upstream which fixes this regression (currently in the 5.24.2-RC1 and 5.22.4-RC1 releases) we should apply this in jessie and (for completeness) stretch point releases, as well as sid. Upstream commit: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1afa2890005f3acdb5794bc9ec34dfd0a7e54c28 with additional documentation in later commits: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/shortlog/refs/heads/maint-5.24
