#1031666 Missing Dependencies: Geo::Point

Package:
libgis-distance-perl
Source:
libgis-distance-perl
Submitter:
Dan Jacobson
Date:
2023-12-10 00:30:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1031666#3
Date:
2023-02-19 23:10:49 UTC
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Man page has
           my $point1 = Geo::Point->latlong( $lat1, $lon1 );
but
Can't locate object method "latlong" via package "Geo::Point" (perhaps
you forgot to load "Geo::Point"?)

Therefore where to get Geo::Point should at least be in the Package Recommends.

No, it's not in libgeo-distance-perl.
#1031666#8
Date:
2023-10-21 22:52:23 UTC
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Hi,

it's in its own distribution, Geo::Point, see
https://metacpan.org/dist/Geo-Point/view/lib/Geo/Point.pod, which is not
currently packaged for Debian. However that's just sugar because, as the
manpage explains, you can just feed the decimal latitude and longitude
to the distance method directly:

    # Returns a Class::Measure object.
    my $distance = $gis->distance( $lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2 );

Florian
#1031666#13
Date:
2023-12-10 00:14:10 UTC
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On https://metacpan.org/pod/Geo::Distance
is says
   Deprecated.
   The maintainer of this distribution has indicated that it is deprecated and no longer suitable for use.
So it is time to remove this package from Debian! Thanks. I made a
separate bug report about it.
#1031666#18
Date:
2023-12-10 00:18:59 UTC
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It is all too confusing.

I'll leave it to others to straighten out.

As far a packages that don't seem to work as their man pages say,
I sure hope there is at least a README file in their doc directories
about it.