Bug#862739: devscripts: Undefined subroutine in debchange

[ZOVITS Adam]

Hi Adam!

/usr/share/perl/5.20.2/File$ ls -al | grep Copy
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   950 May  5 10:53 Copy.pm

Looks like the execute permission is missing. After 
chmod +x Copy.pm
it works, but looks like the default state doesn't have this permission, since 
a reinstall using
apt-get install --reinstall perl-modules
removes the executable permission.

Should it be then a bug for perl-modules?

Regards,
Adam

On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:07:51 +0100 "Adam D. Barratt"  
wrote: 
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible 
> 
> On Tue, 2017-05-16 at 12:21 +, ZOVITS Adam wrote: 
> > * Reproduction: 
> > The problem can be reproduced by running debchange without any parameters 
> > and saving the generated changelog (even without any changes).
> > 
> > * The complete error message: 
> > Undefined subroutine ::copy called at /usr/bin/debchange line 1575. 
> 
> copy() there comes from File::Copy. At the top of the script (line 39, 
> specifically) you should have: 
> 
> use File::Copy; 
> 
> which is provided by: 
> 
> perl-modules: /usr/share/perl/5.20.2/File/Copy.pm 
> 
> The "perl" package (which you appear to have installed) depends on the 
> "perl-modules" package. 
> 
> Can you check that you have the above file, and what it's size and 
> permissions are? 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Adam 
> 
> 
> 

Bug#862739: devscripts: Undefined subroutine in debchange

[Adam D. Barratt]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible

On Tue, 2017-05-16 at 12:21 +, ZOVITS Adam wrote:
> * Reproduction:
> The problem can be reproduced by running debchange without any parameters and 
> saving the generated changelog (even without any changes).
> 
> * The complete error message:
> Undefined subroutine ::copy called at /usr/bin/debchange line 1575.

copy() there comes from File::Copy. At the top of the script (line 39,
specifically) you should have:

use File::Copy;

which is provided by:

perl-modules: /usr/share/perl/5.20.2/File/Copy.pm

The "perl" package (which you appear to have installed) depends on the
"perl-modules" package.

Can you check that you have the above file, and what it's size and
permissions are?

Regards,

Adam

Bug#862739: devscripts: Undefined subroutine in debchange

[ZOVITS Adam]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.15.3+deb8u1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

I apologize in advance for any mistakes I might have made during the reporting 
of this bug. The following is the output generated by the reportbug command, 
but the system where the bug was observed has no internet connection so I'm 
sending the results from my work PC. Hope I haven't forgotten anything 
important, in any case, I'm happy to assist in debugging. Thank you all for 
your hard work!

* Reproduction:
The problem can be reproduced by running debchange without any parameters and 
saving the generated changelog (even without any changes).

* The complete error message:
Undefined subroutine ::copy called at /usr/bin/debchange line 1575.

* Tried solution:
Using different arguments did not help (resulted in the exact same error 
message). Removing and reinstalling devscripts and perl resulted in no change.

* Expected outcome:
debchange functions correctly without failure messages.

-- Package-specific info:

--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---

--- ~/.devscripts ---
Not present

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.8
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev 1.17.27
ii  libc62.19-18+deb8u9
ii  perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u6
ii  python3  3.4.2-2
pn  python3:any  

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
pn  at  
pn  dctrl-tools 
pn  debian-keyring  
pn  dput | dupload  
pn  equivs  
ii  fakeroot1.20.2-1
ii  file1:5.22+15-2+deb8u3
ii  gnupg   1.4.18-7+deb8u3
pn  libdistro-info-perl 
pn  libencode-locale-perl   
pn  libjson-perl
pn  liblwp-protocol-https-perl  
pn  libparse-debcontrol-perl
pn  libsoap-lite-perl   
pn  liburi-perl 
pn  libwww-perl 
pn  lintian 
ii  man-db  2.7.0.2-5
ii  patch   2.7.5-1
pn  patchutils  
pn  python3-debian  
pn  python3-magic   
ii  sensible-utils  0.0.9
pn  strace  
pn  unzip   
pn  wdiff   
ii  wget1.16-1+deb8u2
ii  xz-utils5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
pn  bsd-mailx | mailx
pn  build-essential  
pn  cvs-buildpackage 
pn  debbindiff   
pn  devscripts-el
pn  gnuplot  
ii  gpgv 1.4.18-7+deb8u3
pn  libauthen-sasl-perl  
pn  libfile-desktopentry-perl
pn  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl 
pn  libterm-size-perl
ii  libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2
pn  libyaml-syck-perl
pn  mutt 
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:6.7p1-5+deb8u3
pn  svn-buildpackage 
pn  w3m  

-- no debconf information