Re: Bug#946655: dh_perl: why is ${perl:Depends} substituted as perl:any for programs only?

[Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>]

Hi Niko,

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 08:34:47PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> I don't understand. AFAICS if the interpreter needing the modules is
> /usr/bin/perl, the perl:any dependency will pull in compatible standard
> library extension modules: the perl -> perl-base dependency guarantees
> perl will be the same arch as /usr/bin/perl, and the perl -> libperl5.30
> dependency pulls in the modules for that architecture.
> 
> If it's an embedded interpreter, a compatible set of those is already
> shipped with the interpreter (in libperl5.30).
> 
> So where's the problem here?

There is no problem. Thank you for the explanation.

Does that mean we can move forward with using perl:any for modules?

I think the check in dh_perl line 142 should be changed from

    perlarch .= ':any' if $deps == PROGRAM and not $dh{V_FLAG_SET};

to

    perlarch .= ':any' if $deps & (PROGRAM|PM_MODULE) != 0 and not $dh{V_FLAG_SET};

Helmut