Bug#499128: no re.pl installed with libdevel-repl-perl

gregor herrmann gregoa at debian.org
Tue Sep 16 12:45:03 UTC 2008


On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:33:16 -0400, Mateu X. Hunter wrote:

> I just installed version 1.002001-2 of package libdevel-repl-perl and
> found that it did not install re.pl.  I had to use CPAN to get re.pl
> installed.

According to http://packages.debian.org/lenny/all/libdevel-repl-perl/filelist
it is installed as /usr/share/doc/libdevel-repl-perl/examples/re.pl

re.pl is explicitly moved from /usr/bin to
/usr/share/doc/libdevel-repl-perl/examples/ in debian/rules during
package build.

And I'm a bit reluctant to install a script with such a generic name
into /usr/bin/, I have to admit ...
(And the .pl extension would not conform with Debian Policy in
/usr/bin which would leave us with /usr/bin/re ...)

Cheers,
gregor
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