Bug#419795: libperl6-export-perl: doesn't depend on libfilter-simpler-perl

[Geoff Crompton]

gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:56:30 +1000, Geoff Crompton wrote:
> 
>> For sarge I did a private backport of libperl6-export-perl, and my changelog
>> notes that I added a libfilter-simpler-perl dependancy, as
>> http://search.cpan.org/~dconway/Perl6-Export-0.07/Export.pm lists it as a
>> dependancy.
> 
> Right, ./Export.pm has 
> use Filter::Simple;
> and Makefile.PL mentions
> PREREQ_PM  => { Filter::Simple=>0 }
> and also the README lists Filter::Simple as a dependency.
> 
> $ apt-file search Filter/Simple.pm
> shows that Filter::Simple is part of the package perl-modules
>  
> And
> $ apt-cache show perl
> shows that perl-modules is a dependency of perl.
> 
> (On the other hand I see no package libfilter-simple-perl anywhere).
> 
> So IMO everything's ok and no changes are needed; other comments?
> 
> gregor

Hmm. Ok, lets put this one down to user inexperience. Drat, it was that
way in Sarge as well, so I can't even use that as an excuse.

Sorry for taking up your time, thanks for being polite about it :)

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Geoff Crompton
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