Bug#463477: libmath-bigint-gmp-perl: FTBFS with perl5.10: numerous test failures

[Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>]

Package: libmath-bigint-gmp-perl
Version: 1.18-2
Severity: important

Hi,

libmath-bigint-gmp-perl fails to build with perl 5.10 from experimental:
  ...
  /usr/bin/make test
  make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/buildd/libmath-bigint-gmp-perl-1.18'
  PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
  t/bigfltpm....Math::BigInt::GMP is missing method '_from_oct' at t/bigfltpm.t line 15
  Cannot load outdated Math::BigInt::GMP v1.18, please upgrade at t/bigfltpm.t line 15
  Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math::BigInt::FastCalc at t/bigfltpm.t line 15
  t/bigfltpm....NOK 1/2012# Test 1 got: "Math::BigInt::FastCalc" (bigfltpm.inc at line 3)
  #   Expected: "Math::BigInt::GMP"
  ...

Full build log is attached.


Also, there is a pending problem with debian/rules. The line

  rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty --parents $(TMP)/usr/share/perl5

will fail with perl5.10 as its MakeMaker no longer creates spurious
usr/{share,lib}/perl5 directories. Please change that to

  [ ! -d $(TMP)/usr/share/perl5 ] || rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty --parents --verbose $(TMP)/usr/share/perl5


Thanks,
    dam

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