clone 562214 -1
retitle -1 debhelper: dh_perl: substitute a dependency on the current perl
upstream version
severity -1 wishlist
submitter -1 !
reassign -1 debhelper 7.4.17
thanks
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 04:18:10PM +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> -=| gregor herrmann, Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 02:56:52PM +0100 |=-
> > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:00:04 +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> > > I suppose extending dh_perl a bit could give a scalable way to
> > > require
> > > binNMUs for selected packages when the Perl upstream version changes.
> > > Just a new flag to substitute ${perl:Depends} with something like
> > > perl (>= 5.10.1-8), perl (<< 5.10.2~)
> > > would do AFAICS.
> >
> > That would indeed be nice, and IIRC this idea already came up in the
> > discussion about the last issue (probably on IRC).
> >
> > I guess someone[tm] should try to hack up something :)
>
> How about providing a new substvar? Something like ${perl:Same} or
> ${perl:Built} that would expand to a proper >=, << dependency like the
> one above.
>
> A new substvar would avoid adding command-line switches to dh_perl,
> which may be hidden in a 'dh' call.
I like the separate switch approach flag better. The case is rare enough that
having an override_dh_perl target is not much of a burden IMO.
But that's Joey's call, assuming he's OK with having this in debhelper.
I'm cloning a wishlist bug.
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