.packlist contains bogus entries when installing without man dirs #10891

p5pRT · 2010-12-10T17:23:40Z

Migrated from rt.perl.org#80536 (status was 'resolved')

Searchable as RT80536$

p5pRT · 2010-12-10T17:23:43Z

From perl@plan9.de

Created by perl@plan9.de

When one configurs perl with something like:

-Uman1dir -Uman3dir -Usiteman1dir -Usiteman3dir

Then perl and ExtUtils::MakeMaker (and probably others) correctly skip
creation and installation of manpages.

However, they still end up in .packlist files with bogus paths, e.g.:

/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV.pm
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/EVAPI.h
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/MakeMaker.pm
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/ev.h
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/libev.pod
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/EV.a
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/extralibs.ld
none/EV.3
none/EV::MakeMaker.3
none/EV::libev.3

Apparently, Configure internally uses "none" for these variables, and
whoever writes the .packlist files just slaps them in front, even if the
files do not get installed.

Perl Info


Flags:
    category=core
    severity=low

Site configuration information for perl 5.12.2:

Configured by Marc Lehmann at Mon Nov 22 07:24:35 CET 2010.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 12 subversion 2) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.32-5-amd64, archname=x86_64-linux
    uname='linux cerebro 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 smp fri sep 17 21:50:19 utc 2010 x86_64 gnulinux '
    config_args='-Duselargefiles -Duse64bitint -Dusemymalloc=n -Dstatic_ext=Fcntl -Dcc=gcc -Dccflags=-ggdb -gdwarf-2 -g3 -Dcppflags=-DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -DPERL_ARENA_SIZE=1048576 -D_GNU_SOURCE  -I/opt/include -Doptimize=-DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -DPERL_ARENA_SIZE=1048576 -D_GNU_SOURCE  -I/opt/include -O6 -fno-strict-aliasing -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Dldflags=-L/opt/perl/lib -L/opt/lib -Dlibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -Dprefix=/opt/perl -Dprivlib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Darchlib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dvendorprefix=/opt/perl -Dvendorlib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/opt/perl -Dsitelib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dsitearch=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dsitebin=/opt/perl/bin -Dman1dir=/opt/perl/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/opt/perl/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/opt/perl/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/opt/perl/man/man3 -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3 -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -Uafs -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Uuseshrplib -Ud_dosuid -Dusethreads=undef -Duse5005threads=undef -Duseithreads=undef -Dusemultiplicity=undef -Demail=perl-binary@plan9.de -Dcf_email=perl-binary@plan9.de -Dcf_by=Marc Lehmann -Dlocincpth=/opt/perl/include /opt/include -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dmultiarch=undef -Dbin=/opt/perl/bin -Dxxxusedevel -DxxxDEBUGGING -Dxxxuse_debugging_perl -Dxxxuse_debugmalloc -dEs'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-ggdb -gdwarf-2 -g3 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/opt/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -DPERL_ARENA_SIZE=1048576 -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/opt/include -O6 -fno-strict-aliasing',
    cppflags='-DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -DPERL_ARENA_SIZE=1048576 -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/opt/include -ggdb -gdwarf-2 -g3 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/opt/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.4.5 20100728 (prerelease)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags ='-L/opt/perl/lib -L/opt/lib -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /lib64 /usr/lib64
    libs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt
    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.11.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.11.2'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -DPERL_ARENA_SIZE=1048576 -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/opt/include -O6 -fno-strict-aliasing -L/opt/perl/lib -L/opt/lib -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl 5.12.2:
    /root/src/sex
    /opt/perl/lib/perl5
    /opt/perl/lib/perl5
    /opt/perl/lib/perl5
    .


Environment for perl 5.12.2:
    HOME=/root
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/root/s2:/root/s:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/pserv:.
    PERL5LIB=/root/src/sex
    PERL5_CPANPLUS_CONFIG=/root/.cpanplus/config
    PERLDB_OPTS=ornaments=0
    PERL_ANYEVENT_DBI_TESTS=1
    PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0=1
    PERL_ANYEVENT_NET_TESTS=1
    PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6
    PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT=1
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    PERL_UNICODE=E
    SHELL=/bin/bash

p5pRT · 2012-02-02T01:39:51Z

From @jkeenan

On Fri Dec 10 09:23:43 2010, perl@plan9.de wrote:

This is a bug report for perl from perl@plan9.de,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.12.2.

When one configurs perl with something like:

-Uman1dir -Uman3dir -Usiteman1dir -Usiteman3dir

Then perl and ExtUtils::MakeMaker (and probably others) correctly skip
creation and installation of manpages.

However, they still end up in .packlist files with bogus paths, e.g.:

/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV.pm
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/EVAPI.h
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/MakeMaker.pm
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/ev.h
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/libev.pod
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/EV.a
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/extralibs.ld
none/EV.3
none/EV::MakeMaker.3
none/EV::libev.3

Apparently, Configure internally uses "none" for these variables, and
whoever writes the .packlist files just slaps them in front, even if
the
files do not get installed.

Today, using a release tarball of Perl 5.14.0, I configured, built and
installed Perl in a local directory using this configuration command:

sh Configure -de -Dusedevel -Uman1dir -Uman3dir -Usiteman1dir
-Usiteman3dir -Dprefix='/home/jkeenan/work/80536'

After installation, I called:

$ find work/80536 -type f -name '*packlist*'
work/80536/lib/perl5/5.14.0/i686-linux/.packlist

... and then:

grep -E '(none|\.3)' work/80536/lib/perl5/5.14.0/i686-linux/.packlist

... which produced no output.

Hence, I was unable to reproduce the bug reported in this ticket.

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

p5pRT · 2012-02-02T01:39:51Z

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

p5pRT · 2012-02-02T02:49:22Z

From schmorp@schmorp.de

On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 05:39:51PM -0800, James E Keenan via RT <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:

Then perl and ExtUtils::MakeMaker (and probably others) correctly skip
creation and installation of manpages.

Today, using a release tarball of Perl 5.14.0, I configured, built and
installed Perl in a local directory using this configuration command:

It seems you only installed perl, and not used ExtUtils::MakeMaker to install
documentation (which this bug is about).

However, I tested with 5.14.0, and the bug seems indeed gone:

cat .staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/.packlist
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV.pm
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/EVAPI.h
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/MakeMaker.pm
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/ev.h
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/libev.pod
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/EV.a
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/extralibs.ld

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p5pRT · 2012-02-02T03:23:34Z

From @jkeenan

On Wed Feb 01 18:49:22 2012, schmorp@schmorp.de wrote:

However, I tested with 5.14.0, and the bug seems indeed gone:

cat .staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/.packlist
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV.pm
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/EVAPI.h
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/MakeMaker.pm
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/ev.h
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/EV/libev.pod
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/EV.a
/root/.staticperl/perl/lib/auto/EV/extralibs.ld

Thanks for responding. Closing ticket.

p5pRT · 2012-02-02T03:23:35Z

@jkeenan - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

p5pRT closed this as completed Feb 2, 2012

p5pRT added Severity Low distro-Linux type-core labels Oct 18, 2019

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