Bug#577011: perl: FTBFS in experimental: CPANPLUS test failures

[Niko Tyni]

Package: perl
Version: 5.12.0~rc3-1
Severity: important

All the buildds failed because CPANPLUS tests report

Undefined subroutine &CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils::cwd called at /build/buildd-perl_5.12.0~rc3-1-alpha-RuHLsw/perl-5.12.0~rc3/cpan/CPANPLUS-Dist-Build/../../lib/CPANPLUS/Internals/Utils.pm line 393.
Compilation failed in require at /build/buildd-perl_5.12.0~rc3-1-alpha-RuHLsw/perl-5.12.0~rc3/cpan/CPANPLUS-Dist-Build/../../lib/CPANPLUS/Configure.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /build/buildd-perl_5.12.0~rc3-1-alpha-RuHLsw/perl-5.12.0~rc3/cpan/CPANPLUS-Dist-Build/../../lib/CPANPLUS/Configure.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /build/buildd-perl_5.12.0~rc3-1-alpha-RuHLsw/perl-5.12.0~rc3/cpan/CPANPLUS-Dist-Build/t/inc/conf.pl line 79.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /build/buildd-perl_5.12.0~rc3-1-alpha-RuHLsw/perl-5.12.0~rc3/cpan/CPANPLUS-Dist-Build/t/inc/conf.pl line 79.
Compilation failed in require at t/01_CPANPLUS-Dist-Build-Constants.t line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/01_CPANPLUS-Dist-Build-Constants.t line 5.
cpan/CPANPLUS-Dist-Build/t/01_CPANPLUS-Dist-Build-Constants....FAILED--no leader found

Quoting myself in http://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2010/04/msg00024.html :

> Well, for starters it would be great if somebody could figure out
> why 5.12.0~rc3-1 fails to build on all the experimental buildds
> when it built fine for me on amd64 / cowbuilder.
> 
> [rt.cpan.org #52988] is very much related, but I don't understand yet
> why nobody else (including me) is seeing this with the core build.
> 
> The shortcut in
>  debian/patches/debian/cpanplus_config_path.diff
> might cause Cwd to get loaded later than normal, and it looks like
>  debian/patches/debian/cpanplus_definstalldirs.diff
> puts CPANPLUS::Config::System into a wrong source directory (which is
> a bug), but there's still something missing in the puzzle.
 
Will keep looking.
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org