Bug#668058: dh-make-perl: Recursive option does not use PERL5LIB / @INC for parent module to include children in testing

[Damyan Ivanov]

Control: user debian-perl at lists.debian.org
Control: usertag -1 bcn2015

-=| Brendan Byrd, 08.04.2012 11:57:53 -0400 |=-
> Package: dh-make-perl
> Version: 0.75-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> When installing package A in CPAN, and finding that package B is also required,
> dh-make-perl will then install package B in CPAN.  The trouble is that package B
> is not shared to package A when it finally gets to testing for package A.  If
> package B does not exist within @INC (ie: the package hasn't been installed in
> the core directories), the testing will likely croak with messages like this:
> 
> t/01use.t .......... 1/1
> #   Failed test 'use Package::A;'
> #   at t/01use.t line 3.
> #     Tried to use 'Package::A'.
> #     Error:  Can't locate Package/B.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/inc /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/blib/lib /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/blib/arch /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/blib/lib/Package/A.pm line 7.
> # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/dh-make-perl/Package-A-0.10/blib/lib/Package/A.pm line 7.
> # Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 2.
> # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 4) line 2.
> # Looks like you failed 1 test of 1.
> 
> The workaround is to, of course, install the dependency manually via CPAN, but
> this pollutes the core directories with non-Debian files, and defeats the
> purpose of dh-make-perl in general.

I guess the right workaround is to install the libB-perl.deb first and 
then go in with packaging A. Or, use dh-make-perl --recursive 
--install --cpan A.

Does that help?


-- dam