Bug#984425: missing dependency on debhelper

[gregor herrmann]

On Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:31:50 +0000, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:

> There appears to be a missing depends/recommends on debhelper.
> 
> Without debhelper installed, cme fails to run for me with:
> 
> Use of uninitialized value $file_path in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Config/Model/BackendMgr.pm line 346, <F> line 84.
> Backend Dpkg failed to read : debhelper package is not installed at /usr/share/perl5/Config/Model/Dpkg/Compat.pm line 13, <F> line 84.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Config/Model/Node.pm line 247, <F> line 84.

Thanks for the bug report!

Which is interesting, because:

1) /usr/share/perl5/Config/Model/Dpkg/Compat.pm is in libconfig-model-dpkg-perl
   (not libconfig-model-perl)
2) libconfig-model-dpkg-perl has a Depends on debhelper
3)
 
> Versions of packages libconfig-model-perl suggests:
> pn  libconfig-model-dpkg-perl     <none>

  it's not installed :)
  (probably because different machine)

The libconfig-model-dpkg-perl -> debhelper dependency was added in
2.125, so maybe older versions had the issue (although I think that's
only 2.124 which needed debhelper and missed the dependency), and you
run into such a combination?


Cheers,
gregor

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