Bug#774068: ExtUtils-MakeMaker and NO_PERLLOCAL

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 02:17:51PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 10:27:44AM +0000, Andrew Beverley wrote:
> > On Tue, 2014-12-30 at 11:47 +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> 
> > > Packages not using the short form dh rules would need to be modified
> > > before the patch could be removed. The required steps would be something
> > > like
> > >  1) change the Perl policy to recommend NO_PACKLIST + NO_PERLLOCAL
> > >  2) change debhelper v9 to use them
> > >  3) add a lintian check and/or do a mass bug filing for the other packages
> > >  4) wait for (most of) the packages to be fixed

> > Incidentally, I have just found this, which could be closed as well if
> > the above are completed.
> > 
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683533
> 
> Right, that's the same issue. Thanks for spotting.
>  
> > > A champion for this (and also for finishing the PREFIX transition)
> > > would be very welcome.
> > 
> > Happy to volunteer, but I'm quite new to all of this, so may need a
> > little assistance.
> 
> Thanks! Let's wait a bit for other opinions before starting out.

Hello,

This seems like an entirely sane and sensible idea, FWIW.

> I see NO_PERLLOCAL and NO_PACKLIST were added in EU::MM quite recently,
> in 2013 (6.75_01, first bundled with Perl 5.19.4.)  It clearly makes
> sense to make dh and cdbs use those. Whether it's feasible to get the
> perl patch removed depends on how many other packages would need changing,
> so we'd need an estimate on that.
> 
> A straightforward, if a bit laborious, way to get such an estimate would
> be to test rebuild the archive with the perl patch removed, and with
> "fixed" dh and cdbs packages, and just diffing the package contents.

Dominic.