Bug#448887: FTFBS: tests very sensitive to packages on the system

gregor herrmann gregor+debian at comodo.priv.at
Wed Nov 14 08:31:53 UTC 2007


On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:56:20 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote:

> Damyan and me have found the reason for the problems:
> The Debian package has an old patch (included in the .diff.gz) which
> uses /etc/mime.types if available.
> I've made a proper patch of that change now; if it's not applied the
> tests don't fail anymore ...

I've forwarded this observation and the patch to the upstream author,
and he has already replied:

http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30695

I'd like to have some ideas from the Debian Perl Group on how to
handle this issue.

Cheers,
gregor
 
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