Re: Bug#842921: ITP: libextutils-hascompiler-perl -- check for the presence of a compiler
Dear gregor, all,
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 11:17 AM, gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:04:25 +0000, Nuno Carvalho wrote:
>
>> * Package name : libextutils-hascompiler-perl
>> Version : 0.016
>> Upstream Author : Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com>
>> * URL : https://github.com/Leont/extutils-hascompiler
>> * License : Artistic or GPL-1+
>> Programming Lang: Perl
>> Description : check for the presence of a compiler
>>
>> This module tries to check if the current system is capable of compiling,
>> linking and loading an XS module.
>
> I suspect this is a new build dependency of some existing package but
> I'm wondering if we really need it -- since we know that we have a
> working compiler when building packages.
Thank you for your comments, indeed this is a new build dependency.
I'm just wondering if the module itself may be useful in other
situations.
> OTOH packaging it might be less work than patching reverse
> dependencies. But I thought I'd bring the question up just in case.
Actually patching it seems rather straightforward, I guess the only
question that remains is the usefulness of the module on it's own.
> Cheers,
> gregor
Thank you,
Nuno
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