Bug#511848: test .ph files during build phase

[Niko Tyni]

severity 511848 wishlist
merge 511848 416968
thanks

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 02:00:25PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.10.0-19
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch
> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu jaunty ubuntu-patch
> 
> While working on Perl updates in Ubuntu, I ran head-long into Debian
> bug 479762.  Thanks to the h2ph patch, things are much improved.  However,
> I wanted to also include a test to avoid this kind of regression from
> happening in the future.  What do you think of the follow patch to
> debian/rules to validate the produced .ph files?

Looks OK, apart from a useless use of cat :) Thanks.

This is already #416968, merging.  See also #510984.

This may need one or two rounds in experimental to make sure the builds
don't fail outright.

It would be good to turn warnings on too, not sure if we should aim for
aborting on those.
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org