Bug#688842: Bug#689476: : No such file or directory at /usr/share/perl5/Pristine/Tar/Formats.pm line 65

[gregor herrmann]

On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:27:01 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:

> > Note that local::lib is currently used as the default mode in some
> > circumstances, see #688842 (cc'd). I hope we can fix this before the
> > release (and have marked it as release critical), help is welcome.
> However, thinking a bit more about this: I expect the outcome of #688842
> is that /usr/local is used by default when it's writable by the current
> user (which usually meens root privileges), but local::lib still will
> be the default for unprivileged users.

Right, but I still consider CPAN.pm (on Debian) dowloading and
installing upstream local::lib -- separately from the packaging
system -- as a not really brilliant option.
(I don't want to imagine the amounts of bug reports due to local::lib
setting up directories and environment variables on its own.)
 
> That may mean that dh-make-perl needs changes anyway?

As far as I could see in the bug report, the problem in dh-make-perl
is only related to git repos and tarballs; that the output included
the cpan/local::lib setup was IMO purely accidental.
 

Cheers,
gregor
 
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