Bug#856562: libcolor-library-perl: debian patch breaks some package functionality

[gregor herrmann]

Control: severity -1 important
# breaks a function

On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 08:06:07 -0600, Jeff Norden wrote:

> The debian patch to this library disables the parse_rgb_color() subroutine:
> 
>   jeff at norden:~$ perl -d -e1
>   ...
>     DB<1> use Color::Library::Color
>     DB<2> @rgb= Color::Library::Color::parse_rgb_color('#2a547e')
>   Undefined subroutine &Color::Library::Color::parse_rgb_color called at (eval 10)[/usr/share/perl/5.22/perl5db.pl:737] line 2.
> 
> The @rgb array should have been set to (42,84,126).  The problem is that the
> =back added to Color.pm is misplaced.  In fact, the code for the parse
> subroutine shows up in the man page!

Oh dear, that's indeed bad. Thanks for catching this mistake.
 
> Attached is a corrected version of pod-fixes.patch.  It also moves the first
> =back in Color.pm to a more reasonable position.  Alternatively, you could
> just delete the patch and ignore the mostly-harmless warnings at the end of
> the man pages.

Thanks for the patch!
Uploaded to unstable.


Cheers,
gregor

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