Bug#851506: cpanminus embeds other modules in fatpacked library

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:16:30 +0000, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

> -=| Dominique Dumont, 15.01.2017 19:59:44 +0100 |=-

> > Providing cpanminus without fatpack can be done by either:
> > - removing fatpacked part from the cpan tarball
> > - create debian package from upstream git repo (where fatpack
> >   is not yet done, even if this repo contains convenience
> >   copies of the modules).
> 
> What do others think? I am raising the severity to 'serious', but if 
> you disagree, please revert.

Right, fatpacked and minimized modules are most probably a serious
bug, and going the github-route seems sensible.

So I've done this now and pushed some rather drastic changes to our
repo on Alioth.

Please review/improve/revert before I upload.


Cheers,
gregor

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