Dear Maintainer,

I have notice that scan-copyright crashes while scanning package libtype-tiny-
perl. The issue seems to be caused by the file "dist.ini"

The error that is thrown is bellow:

$ scan-copyrights
Can't call method "exists" on an undefined value at
/usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Copyright/Grant/ByFile.pm line 424.

Thanks in advance!

$ cat dist.ini
;; class = 'Dist::Inkt::Profile::TOBYINK'
;; name = 'Type-Tiny'
;; source_for_readme = 'lib/Type/Tiny/Manual.pod'

Short term solution: skip this file as it does not contain relevant
information.

I'll think about a longer term solution.

All the best

I've patched libconfig-model-dpkg-perl to properly fix this. The fix is available
on salsa.

Unless you need a new release, I'll upload a new package once Trixie is out.

All the best

Hello,

Bug #1107170 in libconfig-model-dpkg-perl reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libconfig-model-dpkg-perl/-/commit/8f6bc820c411b70df3c2b1b0916234104f3c8aab
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grant by-file: handle empty dist.ini files

Closes:  #1107170
Thanks: Walter Lozano for the report
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Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1107170

Thank you very much!

No problem at all, thank you!

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libconfig-model-dpkg-perl, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1107170@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Dominique Dumont <dod@debian.org> (supplier of updated libconfig-model-dpkg-perl package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:24:26 +0200
Source: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl
Architecture: source
Version: 3.015
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Dominique Dumont <dod@debian.org>
Closes: 1107170 1111291 1111292 1111391
Changes:
 libconfig-model-dpkg-perl (3.015) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * grant by-file: handle empty dist.ini files.
     Thanks to Walter Lozano for the report (Closes: #1107170)
   * Backend: sort unknown fields on read (Closes: #1111291)
   * Dpkg backend: use style like wrap-and-sort -ast
   * control:
     * reformated by cme
     * dropped old version constraints in dependencies
   * control model:
     * set Priority upstream_default to optional (Closes: #1111391)
     * move Standards-Version in the beginning of the field list.
     * add Build-Driver field
     * add doc for "Essential" field
     * add Bugs and Origin fields
     * add X-Cargo-Crate and X-Style fields
     * add Source Synopsis and Description fields
     * add X-Important and Protected binary field
     * setup migration from X-Important to Protected field
     * add XB-Installer-Meny-Item binary field
     * add X-DH-Build-For-Type and X-Time64-Compat binary fields
     * add X-DhRuby-Root binary field
     * add X-DH-Compat source field (Closes: 1111292)
     * re-order elements in a more logical order
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