Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-14 Thread gregor herrmann
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:04:57 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: > My only concern is that some other packages might rely on the patched > behaviour after almost 5 years. > > If I'm not mistaken we have: > libcatalyst-perl > libcgi-uploader-perl > libdata-formvalidator-perl > libemail-mime-perl > libma

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-14 Thread gregor herrmann
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:53:55 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > Perhaps we can point to File::TypeInfo in the long description even if > there's no package for it. If someone needs it packaged, we're here :) MIME::Type's documentation will contain a reference to File::TypeInfo, cf. http://rt.cpan.org/

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-14 Thread gregor herrmann
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:53:55 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > [Dropping CCc as all relevant parties should be subscribed to the > pkg-perl-maintainers list anyway] Good point. > > http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30695 > > I'd like to have some ideas from the Debian Perl Group on how

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-14 Thread Damyan Ivanov
[Dropping CCc as all relevant parties should be subscribed to the pkg-perl-maintainers list anyway] -=| gregor herrmann, Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 09:31:53AM +0100 |=- > I've forwarded this observation and the patch to the upstream author, > and he has already replied: > > http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bu

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-14 Thread gregor herrmann
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:56:20 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: > Damyan and me have found the reason for the problems: > The Debian package has an old patch (included in the .diff.gz) which > uses /etc/mime.types if available. > I've made a proper patch of that change now; if it's not applied the > te

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-13 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:38:23 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: > > While the package builds fine in a pristine chroot, it doesn't seem to > > build on a normal desktop system. > Same here. > It seems to have a different opinion about some MIME types then > /etc/mailcap and/or ~/.mailcap. Damyan and

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-03 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:46:42 +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > > I've prepared a patch and committed it to our svn repository that > > makes the tests work in a "normal" environment. > > ATM it's not applied during build because I'm not really sure if > > loosening the test requirements is the cor

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-03 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 04:19:10PM +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: > On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:38:23 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: > > I guess patching the tests would be better, although it's a bit > > tedious. > > I've prepared a patch and committed it to our svn repository that > makes the tests wor

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-03 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:38:23 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: > I guess patching the tests would be better, although it's a bit > tedious. I've prepared a patch and committed it to our svn repository that makes the tests work in a "normal" environment. ATM it's not applied during build because I'm n

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-03 Thread gregor herrmann
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:41:27 +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > While the package builds fine in a pristine chroot, it doesn't seem to > build on a normal desktop system. Same here. It seems to have a different opinion about some MIME types then /etc/mailcap and/or ~/.mailcap. > Maybe there is a

Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

2007-11-01 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
Package: libmime-types-perl Version: 1.21-1 Severity: important Justification: fails to build from source While the package builds fine in a pristine chroot, it doesn't seem to build on a normal desktop system. Maybe there is a way to make the tests more robust or at least declare some build-confl