Bug#292684: ITP: libnet-rendezvous-publish-backend-howl-perl -- Perl interface to Howl Zeroconf library

[ms419@freezone.co.uk]

On Jan 29, 2005, at 8:20 PM, Jeff Waugh wrote:

> <quote who="ms419@freezone.co.uk">
>
> > Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist
> >
> > http://cgi.sfu.ca/~jdbates/debian/pool/libnet-rendezvous-publish-perl/
> >
> > Richard Clamp's useful Zeroconf multicast DNS ("Rendezvous") Perl 
> > library
> > - Howl backend. Allows advertising services from Perl - such as HTTP, 
> > SSH,
> > etc - in addition to DPAP, etc, for sharing photos with iPhoto.
>
> You guys should refer to #281247 in the Debian BTS before doing too 
> much
> work on this...

Thanks Jeff - I reproduced this bug - mdnsresponder must be running, or 
I get -


	[...]
	[assert] error: 111 (Connection refused)
	[assert] where: "socket.c", "sw_socket_tcp_connect", line: 720

	init failed at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/Rendezvous/Publish/Backend/Howl.pm 
line 14, <DATA> line 1.
	Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at 
/usr/lib/perl5/Net/Rendezvous/Publish/Backend/Howl.pm line 21, <DATA> 
line 1.
	        (in cleanup) self is not of type sw_rendezvous at 
/usr/lib/perl5/Net/Rendezvous/Publish/Backend/Howl.pm line 21, <DATA> 
line 1.
	[...]


I added documentation to README.Debian that mdnsresponder must be 
running & rebuilt libnet-rendezvous-publish-backend-howl-perl 
(http://cgi.sfu.ca/~jdbates/moin/moin.cgi/NetRendezvousPublish)

Do you think this needs a superior resolution before this package can 
enter Debian?

Thanks again!

Jack