Bug#697329: libperl-critic-perl: Use of uninitialized values due to verbose %r

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Control: forwarded -1 https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=82415

Hi Guillem

On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 01:10:37AM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Package: libperl-critic-perl
> Version: 1.118-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: upstream
> 
> Hi!
> 
> While running perlcritic over the dpkg code base I've found a file
> perlcritic trips over. As I'm fixing issues, the file might not show
> those when it gets looked at so here's a reference to a specific git
> blob object:
> 
>   <http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=blob;f=scripts/dpkg-genchanges.pl;h=082664140fec005917d58e7aa9866de63dfc0330;hb=HEAD>
> 
> I seem to have tracked the issue down to being triggered by the '%r'
> verbose format. To reproduce, with an empty .perlcriticrc, run:
> 
>   $ perlcritic -1 --verbose "%l:%c near '%r'\n" dpkg-genchanges.pl
> 
> Notice the empty '%r' expansions.

Indeed, thanks for noticing this. I have forwarded your report to
upstream, including a smaller example where this happens.

Regards,
Salvatore
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