Comments on: dh-make-perl will rock your socks http://michael.thegrebs.com/2008/07/02/dh-make-perl-will-rock-your-socks/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:40:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alex Peters http://michael.thegrebs.com/2008/07/02/dh-make-perl-will-rock-your-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-13543 Alex Peters Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:19:33 +0000 http://michael.thegrebs.com/?p=123#comment-13543 perllocal.pod holds info on modules added locally to one's Perl installation, and is appended to whenever a module is installed using a Makefile. In the context of a Debian package for a module, this file has no purpose; the package manager takes on this responsibility. Some extra work is required to stop this file from being added to the Debian package. This comment makes allusions without showing how: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/78#comment_8 It's probably just as simple as a "rm $(SOMEWHERE)/perllocal.pod" call in the right place though. perllocal.pod holds info on modules added locally to one’s Perl installation, and is appended to whenever a module is installed using a Makefile. In the context of a Debian package for a module, this file has no purpose; the package manager takes on this responsibility.

Some extra work is required to stop this file from being added to the Debian package. This comment makes allusions without showing how:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/78#comment_8

It’s probably just as simple as a “rm $(SOMEWHERE)/perllocal.pod” call in the right place though.

]]> By: Patrick http://michael.thegrebs.com/2008/07/02/dh-make-perl-will-rock-your-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-7313 Patrick Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:14:26 +0000 http://michael.thegrebs.com/?p=123#comment-7313 Hi, I tried compiling the perl modules using: $ dh-make-perl --build --cpan Lyrics::Fetcher::LyricsDownload This all works fine, and I even get a list of dependencies the package has, which I can then install using apt-get install. But when I install the final .deb package I get the following error: [terminal] patrick@global:~$ sudo dpkg -i liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl_0.01-1_all.deb (Reading database ... 52109 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl (from liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl_0.01-1_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl_0.01-1_all.deb (--install): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/perl/5.8/perllocal.pod', which is also in package libhtml-tree-perl Errors were encountered while processing: liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl_0.01-1_all.deb [/terminal] By the way: the package: libhtml-tree-perl was also a package I compiled myself using dh-make-perl. What is causing perllocal.pod to being a problem? Hi, I tried compiling the perl modules using:

$ dh-make-perl –build –cpan Lyrics::Fetcher::LyricsDownload

This all works fine, and I even get a list of dependencies the package has, which I can then install using apt-get install.

But when I install the final .deb package I get the following error:
[terminal]
patrick@global:~$ sudo dpkg -i liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl_0.01-1_all.deb
(Reading database … 52109 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl (from liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl_0.01-1_all.deb) …
dpkg: error processing liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl_0.01-1_all.deb (–install):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/perl/5.8/perllocal.pod’, which is also in package libhtml-tree-perl
Errors were encountered while processing:
liblyrics-fetcher-lyricsdownload-perl_0.01-1_all.deb
[/terminal]

By the way: the package: libhtml-tree-perl was also a package I compiled myself using dh-make-perl.

What is causing perllocal.pod to being a problem?

]]> By: David A. Harding http://michael.thegrebs.com/2008/07/02/dh-make-perl-will-rock-your-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-7018 David A. Harding Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:34:04 +0000 http://michael.thegrebs.com/?p=123#comment-7018 That's some nifty info, Michael. Thanks! That’s some nifty info, Michael. Thanks!

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