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

[gregor herrmann]

On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:03:55 -0600, Todd Rinaldo wrote:

> > 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.
> 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.

Thanks for the confirmation!
 
> 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>.

Agreed, for the general case the current Makefile.PL makes sense IMO.
 

On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:07:00 -0600, Todd Rinaldo wrote:

> > 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.
> You can monitor this for the enhancement:
> https://github.com/Leont/extutils-hascompiler/issues/7
> <https://github.com/Leont/extutils-hascompiler/issues/7>

Nice, thanks for the pointer; subscribed.


Cheers,
gregor

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