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dh-make-perl package

Debian::AptContents cannot find Contents.gz file

Bug #1034881 reported by ChrisCauser
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Bug Description

Not sure how best to describe this one.

$ dh-make-perl locate Config::Tiny

Unable to locate module packages, because APT Contents files
are not available on the system.

Install the 'apt-file' package, run 'apt-file update' as root
and retry.

$ apt-file search Config/Tiny.pm
libconfig-tiny-perl: /usr/share/perl5/Config/Tiny.pm

This is because apt-file and Debian::AptContents parse the sources lists differently and so reach different Contents file locations

e.g., my /etc/apt/sources.list

## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
## security team.
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse

apt-file's parse_sources_list, the sources list discards the last bit (i.e. the part after the dists) and writes to
/var/cache/apt/apt-file/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_Contents-amd64.gz

Debian::AptContents::repo_source_to_contents_paths parses it differently and ends up with a new line for each source I've mentioned above. This leads to, for example
/var/cache/apt/apt-file/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_Contents-amd64.gz

As it currently stands, dh-make-perl is not able to work out dependencies at all.

ubuntu: precise
dh-make-perl:0.75-1
apt-file:2.5.0ubuntu1

I hope I have explained myself sufficiently

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gregor herrmann (gregoa) wrote : Re: [Pkg-perl-maintainers] [Bug 1034881] [NEW] Debian::AptContents cannot find Contents.gz file

On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:49:19 -0000, ChrisCauser wrote:

> This is because apt-file and Debian::AptContents parse the sources lists differently and so reach different Contents file locations

Right.

That was already mentioned in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dh-make-perl/+bug/914479
in advance ...

Cheers,
gregor

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in dh-make-perl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package dh-make-perl - 0.79-1

---------------
dh-make-perl (0.79-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * silence a warning when reporting about a core-satisfied dependency without
    a version
  * fix problems with perl 5.18:
    (Closes: #719829)
    + fix missing =back in Debian::Control::Stanza::CommaSeparated POD
    + sort a couple of hash key walks breaking tests with perl 5.18
  * remove the trailing slash from ustream/watch URLs
  * drop usage of experimental given/when in Packaging.pm
  * rework --only internal representation to be a hash
  * t/dists.t: rework running dh-make-perl and give all diagnostics when a
    test fails
  * fix special handling of changed copyright years
  * make dh-make-perl report its version on every invocation

 -- Damyan Ivanov <email address hidden> Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:00:30 +0200

Changed in dh-make-perl (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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