Bug#488148: findimagedupes: missing perlapi dependency

[Manuel Prinz]

Hi Andreas!

Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 08:25 +0200 schrieb Andreas Tille:
> Well, the versioned dependency was required to fix #479731 so a
> simple ${perl:Depends} is not sufficient in this case.  But thanks
> for the dh_perl - cdbs issue.

You're welcome! The versioned dependancy can be reintroduced by passing
-V to dh_perl.

> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Niko Tyni wrote:
> > Despite the similarity with ${shlibs:Depends}, ${perl:Depends} doesn't
> > handle the Perl libraries, only the dependency on the Perl version
> > (including perlapi-$Config{version}). You still have to list the
> > libraries manually. See #81547.
> 
> I admit I fail to understand what exactly I should specify in the Depends.
> My Perl knowledge is quite weak and I would immediately offer the package
> to somebody who understands things better than me - I just saved it from
> removal by taking it over.

I've not been deeply into Perl packaging yet but I write software in
Perl and know the language. I'm not a findimagedupes user myself but am
willing to adopt it. Or co-maintain, if you prefer.

> I cant find any package perlapi-* and don't know really what to do
> here.  So a real patch would be very helpful.

perlapi-* is provided by perl-base but I can't get dh_perl to insert add
it to substvars. I'll look into the issue again and hope to be able to
provide a patch. If not, I'll get in touch with the Perl packaging team.

Best regards
Manuel
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