Re: Installing custom packages
robbe@orcus.priv.at (Robert Bihlmeyer) wrote in message news:<[🔎] 87d76fsnj9.fsf@orcus.priv.at>...
> mburr@programmer.net (Gai Sum) writes:
>
> > robbe@orcus.priv.at (Robert Bihlmeyer) wrote in message news:<87hevtgy67.fsf@orcus.priv.at>...
> > > mburr@programmer.net (Gai Sum) writes:
> > >
> > > > I've managed to build the latest (unstable) version of postfix on my
> > > > Potato box (with some difficulty.) I now cannot install it:
> [...]
> > > > Can't locate Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> > > > /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
> > > > /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
> > > > /usr/lib/perl5 .) at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config line 7.
> > >
> > > Well, debconf 0.2.80.17 (which is the current potato version, AFAIK)
> > > has "/usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Client/ConfModule.pm" which should be
> > > ok. Do you perchance have a newer debconf version installed?
> >
> > Actually, debconf 0.9.81 (testing) requires perl-base (>= 5.6.1-5)
> > which leads to a great-big upgrade snowball. I was hoping that there
> > might be a way to massage the source package into compiling and
> > installing without having to upgrade much else.
>
> Strange thing is, I don't see how postfix would depend on a specific
> debconf version -- it's not due to its Depends, but a hidden dep could
> exist. E.g. /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.config say:
>
> use Debconf::Client::ConfModule qw(:all);
>
> and this should work fine with debconf 0.2.80.17, because
> /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm should be found since
> /usr/lib/perl5 is in your @INC. Does
>
> perl -MDebconf::Client::ConfModule -e42
>
> work for you (shows no errors)? What debconf version do you have, now?
$ perl -MDebconf::Client::ConfModule -e42
Can't locate Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5 .).
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
$ dpkg -l | grep debconf
ii debconf 0.2.80.17 Debian configuration management
system
Let me say also that for now, I've worked around the problem by:
echo "" > debian/config # The file that has the 'use ConfModule'
# sorry, I guess I didn't mention that.
It's icky, I know, but I've tested it out and it works. I just miss
out on some of the configuration stuff at install time. I'd really
like to know how to do this right, though. Thanks for all your help,
so far.
Gai
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