Bug#578628: libregexp-copy-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.12

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 11:08:08AM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> It looks unlikely that Regexp::Copy is going to get fixed upstream.
> The only reverse dependency in Debian is libhtml-formfu-perl, so it
> would be good if we could get it to use something else.
> 
> I looked briefly at the HTML::FormFu code, and although it doesn't
> import anything from Regexp::Copy, it seems to be using Regexp::Storable
> (included in libregexp-copy-perl) behind the curtains.
> 
> Removing 'use Regexp::Copy' from FormFu.pm makes t/filters/regex.t break.
> 
> Cloning a separate bug; this should be discussed upstream.

Patch was subsequently sent upsteam and applied; libhtml-formfu-perl
no longer Depends on libregexp-copy-perl.

I propose that we request that this package be removed from Debian,
and will do so in a few days if there are no objections.

Dominic.

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