On Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:04:25 +0000, Nuno Carvalho wrote: > * Package name : libextutils-hascompiler-perl > Version : 0.016 > Upstream Author : Leon Timmermans <faw...@gmail.com> > * URL : https://github.com/Leont/extutils-hascompiler > * License : Artistic or GPL-1+ > Programming Lang: Perl > Description : check for the presence of a compiler > > This module tries to check if the current system is capable of compiling, > linking and loading an XS module.
I suspect this is a new build dependency of some existing package but I'm wondering if we really need it -- since we know that we have a working compiler when building packages. OTOH packaging it might be less work than patching reverse dependencies. But I thought I'd bring the question up just in case. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage https://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - https://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- BOFH excuse #350: paradigm shift...without a clutch
