[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#1151888: [Help] Re: Bug#1151888: vcftools: Possible attempt to escape whitespace in qw() list with Perl 5.44

[Andreas Tille]

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Thanks

Hi,

I would love to help the Perl transistion.  It would help me a lot if
you could provide a patch - even pushing directly to Debian Med
repository + team upload (Debian Med team shares the same open
development model as Perl team) would be fine if this saves your time.

Kind regards
    Andreas.

Am Sat, Oct 24, 2026 at 11:53:34AM +0300 schrieb Niko Tyni:
> Package: vcftools
> Version: 0.1.17-1
> Severity: important
> User: debian-perl at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: perl-5.44-transition
> 
> The Vcf module in this package warns on usage with Perl 5.44 (currently in experimental.)
> 
>   $ perl -we 'use Vcf'
>   Possible attempt to escape whitespace in qw() list at /usr/share/perl5/Vcf.pm line 2844.
> 
> The warning causes a debci regression, which is a blocker for a Perl 5.44
> transition. There's an example debci log at
> 
>   https://ci.debian.net/packages/v/vcftools/unstable/amd64/76870206/
> 
> If you want to test changes against Perl 5.44 in experimental and run
> into uninstallability problems, there is a test repository of rebuilt
> Debian sid packages for amd64 available at <https://perl.debian.net/>.
> -- 
> Niko Tyni	ntyni at debian.org
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