Control: tag -1 + confirmed On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:37:28 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> Given a Perl module::
>
> use Debian::Control::Stanza::Source;
>
> my $s = Debian::Control::Stanza::Source->new( {
> 'Build-Depends' => "debhelper",
> 'VCS-Git' => "https://example.org/";,
> } );
>
> The above code causes the error message::
>
> Invalid field given (VCS_Git) at ./foo.pl line 6.
>
> The spelling “VCS-Git” is not invalid. Debian Policy §5.1 specifies
> that “Field names are not case-sensitive […]”.
Thank you, that's indeed an issue.
> The library should allow field names without regard to their
> capitalisation. For example, the names “vcs-git”, “Vcs-Git”,
> “VCS-Git”, “vcS-gIt” should all be interpreted as the same field name
> by ‘libdebian-source-perl’.
Right. Unfortunately that's not so easy, as these field names are not
just strings but they are also automatically generated accessors; the
error message above is in fact the user-friendly version of the
underlying problem:
% perl -MDebian::Control::Stanza::Source -E '$s =
Debian::Control::Stanza::Source->new(); say $s->Vcs_Git; say $s->VCS_Git;'
Can't locate object method "VCS_Git" via package
"Debian::Control::Stanza::Source" at -e line 1.
Maybe someone has an idea how we can simulate something like
case-insensitive method names?
Cheers,
gregor
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