Bug#720140: libdevel-cover-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.18.1: test failures

[Niko Tyni]

tag 720140 fixed-upstream
thanks

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 09:56:11AM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> Package: libdevel-cover-perl
> Version: 0.96-1
> Severity: serious
> Forwarded: https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=119351
> User: debian-perl at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: perl-5.18-transition
> X-Debbugs-Cc: perl at packages.debian.org
> 
> This package fails to build with Perl 5.18.1 (currently in experimental):
> According to the upstream discussion at
>   https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=119351
>   https://github.com/pjcj/Devel--Cover/issues/66
> 
> this was accidentally broken by Perl 5.18.1 and it works with 5.18.0.
> It is not clear if Perl will be fixed or if Devel-Cover needs a workaround.

Devel-Cover-1.07 has a workaround and should work on both older
and newer perls.
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org