Bug#624578: libembperl-perl: FTBFS: test registry/Execute.htm

[Florian Schlichting]

> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:41:52PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
>> It fails to build since (at least) April 2011: #624578
>
> For the record, there has been some recent discussion on the upstream
> mailing list which suggests that progress has been made, although
> nothing particularly definitive yet. It might be worth someone
> looking at the development snapshot in experimental, perhaps?
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/modperl/embperl/104118

prompted by Benni, I attempted to update the package from SVN (more
or less identical to the 2.5.0_1 version released in March), and this
particular bug is indeed fixed. I needed a fair amount of bolts and duct
tape to actually get the package to build, though. Since it's too late
for wheezy anyway, and given that upstream is "currently working on a
payed project which includes fixing Embperl for Perl 5.14 & 5.16" [1]
I think we can wait for a new stable version to be published and I'll
see if I can push our existing and my additional patches upstream.

Florian


[1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/perl-embperl/201209.mbox/%3Czarafa.50445ab5.2f5d.05fc51f76e991209%40srvgr1.ubrichter.de%3E
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