Bug#579450: libdevice-cdio-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.12.0-1: 64-bit integers

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 09:53:47PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> This package fails to build on i386 with perl 5.12.0-1 from experimental:
> 
>   t/05.ops.t ........... 1/6 OverflowError in method 'get_devices_with_cap', argument 1 of type 'unsigned int'
>   # Looks like you planned 6 tests but ran 1.
>   # Looks like your test exited with 2 just after 1.
>   t/05.ops.t ........... Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
>   Failed 5/6 subtests 
>  
> This very probably happens because 5.12.0-1 is configured with -Duse64bitint.

The last upstream release of this module was in 2006, and there hasn't
been any response here or on the upstream bug report[1]. The package has
no reverse dependencies and a low popcon count. I'm included to suggest
that we remove this package unless someone is willing to provide a patch.

Dominic.

[1] <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=65853>

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