Bug#489775: libparams-validate-perl: prototype.patch bug: Undefined subroutine &Params::Validate::_validate called at /usr/lib/perl5/Params/ValidateXS.pm line 131.
Dylan William Hardison
dylan at r-stream.com
Mon Jul 7 18:08:54 UTC 2008
Package: libparams-validate-perl
Version: 0.91-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Lines 131 and 132 of /usr/lib/perl5/Params/ValidateXS.pm are invalid.
They were added in 0.89-3 (UNRELEASED), with a note:
> NOTE to potential uploaders: please check if debian/patches/prototype.patch is
> sane and remove it otherwise
debian/patches/prototype.patch is most certainly not sane, and it should
be removed. Removal of this patch fixes the problem.
A more elaborate explaination:
pod-coverage complained about the original source lines, which looked
like this:
> *validate = \&_validate;
> *validate_pos = \&_validate_pos;
So, prototype.patch was created, which makes them read this way:
> *validate = \&_validate(\@$);
> *validate_pos = \&_validate_pos(\@@);
Perl interpretes "\&_validate(\@$)" as \ (_validate(\@$)),
which is: passing @$ as a reference to _validate(),
and take a reference to the return value.
This causes the program to die, because at the time it is called,
there is no _validate() function (it is undefined).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libparams-validate-perl depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii perl 5.10.0-10 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-base [perlapi-5.10.0] 5.10.0-10 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis
libparams-validate-perl recommends no packages.
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