Re: Package build problem with Module::Build and XS
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
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