Bug#1107771: dh-make-perl FTBFS without /var/lib/dpkg/available

[Jochen Sprickerhof]

Control: tag -1 + patch

* gregor herrmann <gregoa at debian.org> [2025-08-10 18:21]:
>>The easiest fix would be to disable the affected test. Please reach 
>>out if you need help with that.
>
>I was trying to find out _what_ actually tries to access 
>/var/lib/dpkg/available but didn't manage to do so.
>
>(I guess Dpkg::Index (or AptPkg::Config/AptPkg::Cache) but I'm not 
>sure.)
>
>Finding the root of this problem might be better than just skipping 
>over it …

I had a quick look and the attached patch fixes it for me.

Cheers Jochen
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