Hi,
Is it OK with the Perl team if I uploaded a stable update using the
attached patch, which is based on the changes made in 1.605-4?
--
Matt Kraai
https://ftbfs.org/kraai
diff -ru perlindex-1.605~/debian/changelog perlindex-1.605/debian/changelog
--- perlindex-1.605~/debian/changelog 2012-01-29 07:28:25.000000000 -0800
+++ perlindex-1.605/debian/changelog 2012-01-29 07:32:24.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+perlindex (1.605-2squeeze1) stable; urgency=low
+
+ * rules: invoke upstream build system with INDEXDIR in /var/cache
+ otherwise the index files end up in /usr/share/man (Closes: #657312)
+ * postinst: migrate existing index files from /usr/share/man to
+ /var/cache/perlindex on upgrades from versions creating them in
+ /usr/share/man
+
+ -- Matt Kraai <kr...@debian.org> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:32:24 -0800
+
perlindex (1.605-2) unstable; urgency=low
[ Ignace Mouzannar ]
diff -ru perlindex-1.605~/debian/perlindex.postinst perlindex-1.605/debian/perlindex.postinst
--- perlindex-1.605~/debian/perlindex.postinst 2012-01-29 07:28:25.000000000 -0800
+++ perlindex-1.605/debian/perlindex.postinst 2012-01-29 07:29:47.000000000 -0800
@@ -25,6 +25,27 @@
echo -n "Generating index (this may take a while)..."
perlindex -index >/dev/null 2>&1
echo " done."
+ elif dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "1.605-4~"; then
+ echo -n "Moving index files to /var/cache/perlindex..."
+ SRC=/usr/share/man
+ DST=/var/cache/perlindex
+ for p in fn idf if if.new seen; do
+ src_f="$SRC/index_$p"
+ dst_f="$DST/index_$p"
+ # move in two passes, since /var and /usr may be in
+ # different file systems
+ if [ -e "$src_f" ]; then
+ if ! [ -e "$dst_f" ] || [ "$src_f" -nt "$dst_f" ]; then
+ echo -n " index_$p"
+ mv "$src_f" "$dst_f.migrated"
+ mv "$dst_f.migrated" "$dst_f"
+ else
+ # proper index file is already newer
+ rm "$src_f"
+ fi
+ fi
+ done
+ echo ", done."
fi
;;
diff -ru perlindex-1.605~/debian/rules perlindex-1.605/debian/rules
--- perlindex-1.605~/debian/rules 2012-01-29 07:28:25.000000000 -0800
+++ perlindex-1.605/debian/rules 2012-01-29 07:28:50.000000000 -0800
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
%:
dh $@ --with quilt
+override_dh_auto_build:
+ INDEXDIR=/var/cache/perlindex dh_auto_build
+
override_dh_auto_clean:
dh_auto_clean
debconf-updatepo
