Bug#684070: libxml-libxml-perl: lack of error handling in build process means that if there is a problem broken packages are built (rather than a build failure)

[gregor herrmann]

On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:59:54 +0200, Alessandro Ghedini wrote:

> > unless (have_library("xml2") or have_library("libxml2")) {

> > exit 0; # 0 recommended by http://cpantest.grango.org (Notes for CPAN Authors)

> This is also what happens when using Devel::CheckLib's check_lib_or_exit().

Oopsie.
(Nice catch!)

> Should we fix the packages that use it too?

I tend to say yes ...

Cheers,
gregor
 
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