Bug#815390: dh-make-perl: Fail to build package if run with sudo ($orig_pwd not initialized)

[gregor herrmann]

Control: tag -1 + moreinfo

On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 09:06:05 +0200, Boris Shtrasman wrote:

> Package: dh-make-perl
> Version: 0.89-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> When invoking dh-make-perl with sudo for any cpan packgage it will fail
> with : 
[..]
> Workaround:
> 
> not to use sudo but to switch to root directly.

Thanks for the bug report, and sorry for the delay.

While I agree that this is a bit ugly: Why would you need to run
dh-make-perl under sudo (or as root) in the first place?


Cheers,
gregor

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