On 12/27/2012 08:41 PM, gregor herrmann wrote: > On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:28:30 +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > >> * Package name : libmath-pari-perl >> Version : 2.01080605 >> Upstream Author : Ilya Zakharevich >> * URL : >> http://search.cpan.org/~ilyaz/Math-Pari-2.01080605/Pari.pm >> * License : Perl (Artistic | GPL-1+) >> Programming Lang: Perl >> Description : Perl bindings for PARI > >> I'm interested in this primarily as an indirect dependency for >> Crypt::OpenPGP, and building it by hand is non-trivial if I want it to >> link to Debian's libpari. > > Ack. > > The last ITP for this package (#440527) was also closed after some > time because it's somewhere between untrivial and impossible ... > > After a quick glance at the old bug report it would need something > like libpari-source ... > > AFAICS there was no reply from the libpari maintainer, and upstream > in https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=30552 also didn't > follow up on Gunnar's request. > > INSTALL mentions some ways about using a pre-built libpari but this > doesn't sound very encouraging ... (And the hint with LIBPARI= also > doesn't seem to work for me.)
Having looked at this in the past for other modules that depend on Math::PARI (Crypt::OpenPGP in particular), I echo gregor's sentiments. Upstream seems to be (passively or actively) averse to the idea that Math::PARI might be installed or maintained via a binary distribution like debian. Note the admonitions about needing perl itself to have been built on "this machine" in the latest README: https://metacpan.org/source/ILYAZ/Math-Pari-2.01080605/README Fortunately for my own Crypt::OpenPGP goals, recent work on Math::Prime and Crypt::RSA might relieve us of some Math::PARI dependencies, which could clear the way forward for Crypt::OpenPGP (finally!) by jessie. brian, what in particular do you want or need Math::PARI for? Maybe there's another route that would help you get to your goal? Regards, --dkg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
