On 7/21/20 3:32 PM, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:54:50AM +0200, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
>> I'm trying to update a really old Debian package (safe-hole-perl) because of bug
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965811.
>>
>> It uses Module::Build and is a XS module.
>>
>> Error message on build:
>>
>> dh binary
>> dh_testroot
>> dh_prep
>> dh_auto_install
>> perl Build install --destdir /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl
>> --create_packlist 0
>> Building Safe-Hole
>> WARNING: Can't figure out install path for types: arch lib
>> Files will not be installed.
>> Installing
>> /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl/home/racke/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.30.0/man/man3/Safe::Hole.3
>
> At a guess, the problem is related to the fact your perl is a perlbrew
> one (see the install path above).
>
> Does it work if you arrange for the perl in your path to be /usr/bin/perl?
>
> This smells like a bug in debhelper to me - perl policy says that perl
> should be /usr/bin/perl in shebangs, and I think the same should apply
> here. I'm amazed this hasn't bit us before, if I'm right (it's been like
> this since at least 2009, and probably forever).
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper/-/blob/master/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/perl_build.pm#L44
>
> Dominic
>
>
Yes, that was the problem. After "perlbrew off" it works as expected. It is an old problem indeed.
Thanks a lot (to Dominique as well) for the quick answer.
Regards
Racke
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