Bug#950297: libyaml-syck-perl FTCBFS: compiler check too strict

[Todd Rinaldo]

> On Feb 4, 2020, at 1:03 PM, Todd Rinaldo <toddr at cpanel.net> wrote:
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>> On Jan 31, 2020, at 9:50 AM, gregor herrmann <gregoa at debian.org <mailto:gregoa at debian.org>> wrote:
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>> In my understanding, ExtUtils::HasCompiler is there for situations
>> where the presence of a compiler is not guaranteed.
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> Right. If I don't do this then I get all sorts of testing failure reports about systems which don't have a compiler.
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>> In Debian, we know that we have a compiler when building packages, so
>> the check doesn't bring any advantage, and unless I'm missing
>> something we could just patch it out.
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> Given your expertise and control over the build environment, I think its perfectly reasonable for you to disable the compiler check and let it move on. 
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> I don't think it makes sense for me to add an exception to Makefile.PL but if you have any ideas, patches are welcome. https://github.com/toddr/YAML-Syck <https://github.com/toddr/YAML-Syck>. 
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> Possibly we could enhance ExtUtils::HasCompiler to look for a environment variable that indicates that it is in a build system and coerces it to pass without a check. I'm speaking with the author about this now.
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> Todd
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You can monitor this for the enhancement: https://github.com/Leont/extutils-hascompiler/issues/7 <https://github.com/Leont/extutils-hascompiler/issues/7>
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