Package: debhelper Version: 13.2 X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-p...@lists.debian.org
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 03:38:05PM +0200, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote: > On 7/21/20 3:32 PM, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:54:50AM +0200, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote: > >> I'm trying to update a really old Debian package (safe-hole-perl) because > >> of bug > >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965811. > >> > >> It uses Module::Build and is a XS module. > >> > >> Error message on build: > >> > >> dh binary > >> dh_testroot > >> dh_prep > >> dh_auto_install > >> perl Build install --destdir > >> /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl > >> --create_packlist 0 > >> Building Safe-Hole > >> WARNING: Can't figure out install path for types: arch lib > >> Files will not be installed. > >> Installing > >> /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl/home/racke/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.30.0/man/man3/Safe::Hole.3 > > > > At a guess, the problem is related to the fact your perl is a perlbrew > > one (see the install path above). > > > > Does it work if you arrange for the perl in your path to be /usr/bin/perl? > > > > This smells like a bug in debhelper to me - perl policy says that perl > > should be /usr/bin/perl in shebangs, and I think the same should apply > > here. I'm amazed this hasn't bit us before, if I'm right (it's been like > > this since at least 2009, and probably forever). > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper/-/blob/master/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/perl_build.pm#L44 > > > > Dominic > > > > > > Yes, that was the problem. After "perlbrew off" it works as expected. It is > an old problem indeed. > > Thanks a lot (to Dominique as well) for the quick answer. Filing this as a bug, with a proposed patch at https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper/-/merge_requests/40
