Debian Bug report logs - #588427
libuuid-perl: needlessly depends on full perl package when it could use perl-base

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: libuuid-perl: needlessly depends on full perl package when it could use perl-base

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:44:36 +0100

Package: libuuid-perl
Version: 0.02-3+b1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hi,

libuuid-perl depends on the full perl package and I believe it only actualy
requires the functionality of perl-base.

This is of interest because the linux-base package (which is depended on by all
linux-image packages) uses libuuid-perl and this dependency therefore pulls perl
into the base system and forces it onto first ISO images etc.

I think this is trivially resolved by the patch below.

Ian.

--- libuuid-perl-0.02/debian/rules
+++ libuuid-perl-0.02/debian/rules
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 	gzip -9f $(CURDIR)/debian/$(package)/usr/share/man/man3/UUID.3pm \
 		$(CURDIR)/debian/$(package)/usr/share/doc/$(package)/changelog.Debian \
 		$(CURDIR)/debian/$(package)/usr/share/doc/$(package)/changelog
-	echo $$(perl -MConfig -e 'printf "perl:Depends=perlapi-%s", $$Config{version}'), perl '(>=' $$(dpkg -s perl | awk '/^Version:/ {print $$2}')')' > debian/$(package).substvars
+	echo $$(perl -MConfig -e 'printf "perl:Depends=perlapi-%s", $$Config{version}'), perl-base '(>=' $$(dpkg -s perl | awk '/^Version:/ {print $$2}')')' > debian/$(package).substvars
 	dpkg-shlibdeps -Tdebian/$(package).substvars debian/$(package)/usr/lib/perl5/auto/UUID/UUID.so
 
 	dpkg-gencontrol -ldebian/changelog -isp -Tdebian/$(package).substvars -Pdebian/$(package)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libuuid-perl depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.1-3   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libuuid1                      2.17.2-3   Universally Unique ID library
ii  perl                          5.10.1-13  Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  perl-base [perlapi-5.10.0]    5.10.1-13  minimal Perl system

libuuid-perl recommends no packages.

libuuid-perl suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #8 received at 588427@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org

To: 588427@bugs.debian.org, 588427-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug in libuuid-perl fixed in revision 60142

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:25:11 +0000

tag 588427 + pending
thanks

Some bugs are closed in revision 60142
by Ansgar Burchardt (ansgar-guest)

Commit message:

* Use debhelper.
* Depend on perl-base instead of the full perl package. (Closes: #588427)
* debian/control: Make build-dep on perl unversioned.
* Use source format 3.0 (quilt).
* Convert debian/copyright to proposed machine-readable format.
* Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.0.
* Add myself to Uploaders.

Message #18 received at 588427-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@43-1.org>

To: 588427-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#588427: fixed in libuuid-perl 0.02-4

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:47:29 +0000

Source: libuuid-perl
Source-Version: 0.02-4

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libuuid-perl, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

libuuid-perl_0.02-4.debian.tar.gz
  to main/libu/libuuid-perl/libuuid-perl_0.02-4.debian.tar.gz
libuuid-perl_0.02-4.dsc
  to main/libu/libuuid-perl/libuuid-perl_0.02-4.dsc
libuuid-perl_0.02-4_i386.deb
  to main/libu/libuuid-perl/libuuid-perl_0.02-4_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 588427@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@43-1.org> (supplier of updated libuuid-perl package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:24:23 +0900
Source: libuuid-perl
Binary: libuuid-perl
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.02-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@43-1.org>
Description: 
 libuuid-perl - Perl extension for using UUID interfaces as defined in e2fsprogs
Closes: 588427
Changes: 
 libuuid-perl (0.02-4) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ gregor herrmann ]
   * debian/control: Changed: Switched Vcs-Browser field to ViewSVN
     (source stanza).
   * debian/control: Added: ${misc:Depends} to Depends: field.
   * debian/control: remove Clint Adams from Uploaders at his request.
   * debian/control: change my email address.
 .
   [ Nathan Handler ]
   * debian/watch: Update to ignore development releases.
 .
   [ Ansgar Burchardt ]
   * Use debhelper.
   * Depend on perl-base instead of the full perl package. (Closes: #588427)
   * debian/control: Make build-dep on perl unversioned.
   * Use source format 3.0 (quilt).
   * Convert debian/copyright to proposed machine-readable format.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.0.
   * Add myself to Uploaders.
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