Build fails on linux-mint / Debian

[demerphq]

I am trying to resolve Perl/perl5#20710 for re-engine-PCRE2, which depends on this module.

Currently it does not build on Debian under blead perl. I do not think it is because of blead however, I think the name of the library may have changed. I see libpcre-2-8-0 but not libpcre-2-8

I am at loss as how to proceed on this. I am not familiar with the Alien framework at all.

[zmughal]

As on IRC, Alien::Base packages support two different ways of installation:

• system: uses whatever is available on the user's system. In the case of Alien::PCRE2, probes for this by using pkg-config. On Debian-based systems, this requires the package libpcre2-dev, not just the library package libpcre2-8-0.

• share: this installs into a share dir. In the case of Alien::PCRE2, this downloads from GitHub, but as @plicease pointed out in IRC, the version on CPAN is currently broken because of a change in the GitHub releases page. The fix for this has already been applied in Switch to Download::GitHub #15, but isn't on CPAN yet.

[wbraswell]

Howdy @demerphq , we just released a new version 0.017 on CPAN, can you please check if it fixes all your current issues including this issue #16?
https://metacpan.org/release/WBRASWELL/Alien-PCRE2-0.017000

[demerphq]

Sure, I'm a bit busy today with family obligations, but I'll check it out ASAP. Thanks for the update! Yves

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[demerphq]

LGTM.

Configuring Alien-PCRE2-0.017000 ... OK
Building and testing Alien-PCRE2-0.017000 ... OK
Successfully installed Alien-PCRE2-0.017000

Seems to be fixed to me.

[demerphq]

Thanks!

[wbraswell]

Great, thanks @demerphq ! :-)