Bug#293908: perl: prereq make not listed but needed for cpan module Date::Format

[Niko Tyni]

found 293908 5.10.1-15
thanks

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 08:51:00AM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> > - make 'make a prerequisite for cpan
> > - make cpan aware of the debian package system and throw a proper error
> >   when make is not found 
> > - pay a gremlin $50 to sit in your computer and install make if a cpan
> >   package that requires make is about to be installed.
> > 
> > suggested fix:
> > Make 'make' a prerequisite for cpan.
> 
> As CPAN functionality is an important part of the Perl core, I'm inclined
> to add a 'Recommends: make' to the perl package. This will pull make in
> by default but allow for people to explicitly remove it if they so desire.

Due to the protest over this in bug #596734 , I've downgraded the
recommendation to a suggestion in 5.10.1-15 so that make will not be
pulled in by default after all.

A better fix would be to change cpan so that it gives a better error message.
I'll look at that after the Squeeze release.

I'm reopening this bug. Sorry it didn't work out for Squeeze.
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org