Bug#694530: dh-make-perl: Unprotected used of $tarball

[gregor herrmann]

On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:35:26 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:

> I've just tried to use dh-make-perl in a directory extracted from
> a CPAN module tarball, and got the following. See the lines below
> the arrow for the actual issue:

> -->| Use of uninitialized value $tarball in system at /usr/share/perl5/DhMakePerl/Command/make.pm line 623.
>    | tar: Old option `f' requires an argument.
>    | Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
>    | : No such file or directory at /usr/share/perl5/Pristine/Tar/Formats.pm line 65.
>    | pristine-tar: failed to generate delta
>    | Reading package lists... Done
>    | Building dependency tree       
>    | Reading state information... Done

Ack, I also remember having the same issue when using dh-make-perl
with a directory containing an unpacked tarball. I guess we should
really look into it soon :)

What works is
% dh-make-perl --cpan Imager-Screenshot

Cheers,
gregor

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