Bug#955496: RFS: libsys-hostaddr-perl/0.993-1 [ITP] -- Get IP address information about this host
Am 05.04.2020 um 22:20 teilte Adam Borowski mit: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 05:51:28PM +0200, Hilmar Preusse wrote: Hi, >> * Package name: libsys-hostaddr-perl >>Version : 0.993-1 >>Upstream Author : Jeremy Kister|http://jeremy.kister.net/ >> * URL : https://metacpan.org/release/Sys-HostAddr > >> Changes since the last upload: >> >>* Initial release. (Closes: #955449). > > I'm not quite sure if this particular implementation is adequate. So far > I noticed that it: > > * has seen no updates since 2014 > Age of software is not always a sign of quality. ;-) > * relies on a long-deprecated interface, via a tool that hasn't seen an > upstream release since April 2001 > Well, I'm aware of this drawback. My intend was to first push the tool into Debian and then contact upstream to get rid of net-tools. No, I did no test the responsiveness of the upstream author yet. Should I do that beforehand? > Thus, I wonder if there's a better module to do this task. > Well, I did not really thought about using an alternative tool. I just noticed that the author of proftp used it in his test suite, hence I started packaging that code. Maybe I should go the way round and try to convince TJ to use a different perl module in his test suite. Not sure if [1] does the job. Hilmar [1] https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Address::IP::Local -- sigfault #206401 http://counter.li.org signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#955496: RFS: libsys-hostaddr-perl/0.993-1 [ITP] -- Get IP address information about this host
On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 05:51:28PM +0200, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
> * Package name: libsys-hostaddr-perl
>Version : 0.993-1
>Upstream Author : Jeremy Kister|http://jeremy.kister.net/
> * URL : https://metacpan.org/release/Sys-HostAddr
> Changes since the last upload:
>
>* Initial release. (Closes: #955449).
Hi!
I'm not quite sure if this particular implementation is adequate. So far
I noticed that it:
* has seen no updates since 2014
* relies on a long-deprecated interface, via a tool that hasn't seen an
upstream release since April 2001
* has non-working support for IPv6
* its support for IPv4 isn't stellar either
* doesn't handle lack of answer or answers it doesn't understand
* provides only partial answers
For example:
perl -e 'use Sys::HostAddr;use Data::Dumper; print "\e[33m$_\e[0m\n",
eval("Dumper(Sys::HostAddr->new()->$_())") for qw(public interfaces addresses
ip first_ip main_ip)'
Modification of a read-only value attempted at /usr/share/perl5/Sys/HostAddr.pm
line 68.
public
$VAR1 = undef;
interfaces
$VAR1 = [
'br0',
'eth0',
'lo'
];
addresses
$VAR1 = [
'10.0.1.9',
'127.0.0.1'
];
ip
$VAR1 = {
'lo' => [
{
'netmask' => '255.0.0.0',
'address' => '127.0.0.1'
}
],
'br0' => [
{
'netmask' => '255.255.255.0',
'address' => '10.0.1.9'
}
]
};
first_ip
$VAR1 = '10.0.1.9';
main_ip
$VAR1 = '10.0.1.9';
(error message from public(), 192.168.0.9 on br0 is missing in other calls)
After disabling legacy IP:
Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at
/usr/share/perl5/Sys/HostAddr.pm line 60.
public
$VAR1 = undef;
interfaces
$VAR1 = [
'br0',
'eth0',
'lo'
];
addresses
$VAR1 = [
'127.0.0.1'
];
ip
$VAR1 = {
'lo' => [
{
'netmask' => '255.0.0.0',
'address' => '127.0.0.1'
}
]
};
first_ip
main_ip
(a different error from public())
Thus, I wonder if there's a better module to do this task.
Meow!
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Bug#955496: RFS: libsys-hostaddr-perl/0.993-1 [ITP] -- Get IP address information about this host
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libsys-hostaddr-perl" * Package name: libsys-hostaddr-perl Version : 0.993-1 Upstream Author : Jeremy Kister|http://jeremy.kister.net/ * URL : https://metacpan.org/release/Sys-HostAddr * License : Artistic * Vcs : https://salsa.debian.org/hilmar-guest/libsys-hostaddr-perl Section : perl It builds those binary packages: libsys-hostaddr-perl - Get IP address information about this host To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: https://mentors.debian.net/package/libsys-hostaddr-perl Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libs/libsys-hostaddr-perl/libsys-hostaddr-perl_0.993-1.dsc Changes since the last upload: * Initial release. (Closes: #955449). Regards, Hilmar Preusse -- Hilmar Preusse -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
