Bug#690773: perl: Module::Build creates non group-writable site directories

[Niko Tyni]

Control: reassign -1 libmodule-build-perl 0.423100-1
Control: retitle  -1 libmodule-build-perl: creates non group-writable site directories

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 04:04:02PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.14.2-14
> 
> Quoting the Debian policy, section 9.1.2:
>  http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.1.2
> 
>      The `/usr/local' directory itself and all the subdirectories
>      created by the package should (by default) have permissions 2775
>      (group-writable and set-group-id) and be owned by `root:staff'.
> 
> We have patched ExtUtils::MakeMaker for ages to set umask appropriately
> for site install directories. See
>  http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/perl/5.14.2-14/debian/writable_site_dirs.diff
>  http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/perl/5.10.1-17squeeze3/debian/extutils_hacks.diff
> 
> It looks like Module::Build needs similar patching:
> 
>   % sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/perl /usr/local/lib/perl
>   % cpan -i File::BOM
>   [...]
>     sudo ./Build install  -- OK
>   % ls -dl /usr/local/lib/perl /usr/local/share/perl
>   drwxr-sr-x 3 root staff 4096 Oct 17 15:58 /usr/local/lib/perl
>   drwxr-sr-x 3 root staff 4096 Oct 17 15:58 /usr/local/share/perl

This still seems to be the case.

Module::Build is no longer bundled with src:perl, so reassigning.
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org