Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.5.0 X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-p...@lists.debian.org
Since at least 5.8.4-8 (Debian sarge release), the Perl search path for the core modules (archlib and privlib) has used the major version (5.18) instead of the full one (5.18.2), even though policy has said otherwise. Proposed patch attached to make policy describe current practice. -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org
>From ec6a223e9b667b4605fb8340db17b357749cdf12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 23:35:11 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Document that @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2 Since at least 5.8.4-8 (Debian sarge release), the Perl search path for the core modules has used the major version (5.18) instead of the full one (5.18.2). --- perl-policy.sgml | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml index 626c514..abe04d9 100644 --- a/perl-policy.sgml +++ b/perl-policy.sgml @@ -168,9 +168,11 @@ <p> Modules included in the core Perl distribution. <example> -/usr/lib/perl/<var>version</var> -/usr/share/perl/<var>version</var> +/usr/lib/perl/<var>shortversion</var> +/usr/share/perl/<var>shortversion</var> </example> + Where <var>shortversion</var> indicates the current Perl major + version (for example <tt>5.18</tt>). </p> </item> <tag><var>site</var> (old)</tag> -- 2.0.0.rc2
