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  • Package build problem with Module::Build and XS

    From Stefan Hornburg (Racke)@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 21 12:40:02 2020
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    Hello,

    I'm trying to update a really old Debian package (safe-hole-perl) because of bug
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965811.

    It uses Module::Build and is a XS module.

    Error message on build:

    dh binary
    dh_testroot
    dh_prep
    dh_auto_install
    perl Build install --destdir /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl
    --create_packlist 0
    Building Safe-Hole
    WARNING: Can't figure out install path for types: arch lib
    Files will not be installed.
    Installing /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl/home/racke/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.30.0/man/man3/Safe::Hole.3


    debian/rules is the boilerplate one:

    #!/usr/bin/make -f

    %:
    dh $@

    Any clue how to provide the install path?

    Regards
    Racke

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  • From Dominique Dumont@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 21 15:00:02 2020
    On Tuesday, 21 July 2020 11:54:50 CEST Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
    Building Safe-Hole
    WARNING: Can't figure out install path for types: arch lib

    safe-hole-perl builds fine on my side (albeit with some warnings):

    Building Safe-Hole
    x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.30/CORE -DVERSION="0.13" -DXS_VERSION="0.13" -fPIC -c -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -o
    lib/Safe/Hole.o lib/Safe/Hole.c ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap::Mkbootstrap('blib/arch/auto/Safe/Hole/Hole.bs') x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector-strong -o blib/arch/auto/Safe/Hole/Hole.so lib/Safe/Hole.o
    dh_auto_test

    I guess that some build dependencies are missing on your side, may be libgcc-9-dev...

    Hope this helps

    Dod

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  • From Stefan Hornburg (Racke)@21:1/5 to Dominic Hargreaves on Tue Jul 21 15:40:01 2020
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    On 7/21/20 3:32 PM, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
    On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:54:50AM +0200, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
    I'm trying to update a really old Debian package (safe-hole-perl) because of bug
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965811.

    It uses Module::Build and is a XS module.

    Error message on build:

    dh binary
    dh_testroot
    dh_prep
    dh_auto_install
    perl Build install --destdir /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl
    --create_packlist 0
    Building Safe-Hole
    WARNING: Can't figure out install path for types: arch lib
    Files will not be installed.
    Installing
    /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl/home/racke/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.30.0/man/man3/Safe::Hole.3

    At a guess, the problem is related to the fact your perl is a perlbrew
    one (see the install path above).

    Does it work if you arrange for the perl in your path to be /usr/bin/perl?

    This smells like a bug in debhelper to me - perl policy says that perl
    should be /usr/bin/perl in shebangs, and I think the same should apply
    here. I'm amazed this hasn't bit us before, if I'm right (it's been like
    this since at least 2009, and probably forever).

    https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper/-/blob/master/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/perl_build.pm#L44

    Dominic



    Yes, that was the problem. After "perlbrew off" it works as expected. It is an old problem indeed.

    Thanks a lot (to Dominique as well) for the quick answer.

    Regards
    Racke

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    Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with Ansible.


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  • From Dominic Hargreaves@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 21 15:40:01 2020
    On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:54:50AM +0200, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
    I'm trying to update a really old Debian package (safe-hole-perl) because of bug
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965811.

    It uses Module::Build and is a XS module.

    Error message on build:

    dh binary
    dh_testroot
    dh_prep
    dh_auto_install
    perl Build install --destdir /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl
    --create_packlist 0
    Building Safe-Hole
    WARNING: Can't figure out install path for types: arch lib
    Files will not be installed.
    Installing /var/tmp/debaux-racke/safe-hole-perl/safe-hole-perl-0.14/debian/libsafe-hole-perl/home/racke/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.30.0/man/man3/Safe::Hole.3

    At a guess, the problem is related to the fact your perl is a perlbrew
    one (see the install path above).

    Does it work if you arrange for the perl in your path to be /usr/bin/perl?

    This smells like a bug in debhelper to me - perl policy says that perl
    should be /usr/bin/perl in shebangs, and I think the same should apply
    here. I'm amazed this hasn't bit us before, if I'm right (it's been like
    this since at least 2009, and probably forever).

    https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper/-/blob/master/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/perl_build.pm#L44

    Dominic

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