Bug#798309: perl: multi-arch packages don't comply with perl policy

Niko Tyni ntyni at debian.org
Fri Sep 11 11:05:14 UTC 2015


On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 11:24:03PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> Source: perl
> Severity: normal
> Version: 5.22.0-3
> 
> The perl policy should be updated to reflect the new implementation
> details of paths. The patch I sent in May is, IIRC, out of date now;
> Niko, would you be able to review/update this?
> 
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/perl-maintainers/2015-May/004889.html
> 
> This bug could then perhaps be reassigned to policy once a new patch
> is available.

I think the only outdated part was archlib+privlib, which ended up
with shortversion after all (see #787158).

Updated patch attached. I've also amended the patch description
to explain the reasoning behind versioned directories. Eyeballs
welcome.
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org
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