Bug#1136123: libtest-expander-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.42: Can't locate Test2/V1.pm in @INC

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 09 May 2026 22:07:55 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:

>Things work on current sid, because the unversioned dependency
>on libtest2-suite-perl pulls in the separate libtest-simple-perl,
>which is new enough to provide Test2::V1. However, Perl 5.42 bundles
>of Test2::Suite 1.302210, which does not have Test2::V1. So the
>current unversioned dependency is satisfied without the separate
>libtest-simple-perl package.

Oops, thanks for catching and analyzing this.

And yes, the libtest-simple-perl / libtest2-suite-perl situation is a 
bit confusing, for both humans and tools.

>This can be fixed by {build-,}depending on either libtest2-suite-perl
>(>= 1.302217) or libtest-simple-perl (>= 1.302217). I'm not sure how
>long we want to keep mentioning libtest2-suite-perl separately; using
>just test-simple-perl seems simpler. But whatever works is fine by me.

Ack, I prefer libtest-simple-perl (>= 1.302217) as well.

>It might actually make sense to start Providing libtest2-v1-perl, if we
>expect lots of packages moving to Test2::V1 in the near future.  But I've
>only noticed a handful in sid so far, so I guess that would be overkill.

Agreed, it's also nothing I noticed on a wider scale.


Cheers,
gregor

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