Hi,

dh-make-perl currently fails to reproduce on reproduce.d.n:

https://reproduce.debian.net/all/#dh-make-perl

This is due to two things:

1. The package assumes that a /var/lib/dpkg/available file exists. This
is not guaranteed. For example mmdebstrap does not create it. You can
test that by using sbuild from trixie or bookworm-backports with:

sbuild --chroot-mode=unshare --dist=unstable --no-run-lintian dh-make-perl

2. The package uses /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper from the apt package in
lib/Debian/AptContents.pm. Note that apt is not essential so the package
has a missing build dependency on apt (and probably also a missing
dependency).

Cheers Jochen

Hi,

starting with forky /var/lib/dpkg/available will no longer be available
on the buildd chroots, so making this RC. The easiest fix would be to
disable the affected test. Please reach out if you need help with that.

Cheers Jochen

* Jochen Sprickerhof <jspricke@debian.org> [2025-06-14 08:16]:

For completeness,

you could also run the test in an autopkgtest.

Cheers Jochen

* Jochen Sprickerhof <jspricke@debian.org> [2025-08-09 22:15]:

Control: tag -1 + confirmed help

Ack, thanks.

I was trying to find out _what_ actually tries to access
/var/lib/dpkg/available but didn't manage to do so.

(I guess Dpkg::Index (or AptPkg::Config/AptPkg::Cache) but I'm not
sure.)

Finding the root of this problem might be better than just skipping
over it …


Cheers,
gregor

* gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> [2025-08-10 18:21]:

I had a quick look and the attached patch fixes it for me.

Cheers Jochen

Wow, thank you and sorry for being so blind …


Cheers,
gregor

Hello,

Bug #1107771 in dh-make-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/dh-make-perl/-/commit/b6f5c53bfff89b6d193db8a15a971b1ed1a47faa
Thanks: Jochen Sprickerhof for the patch.
Closes: #1107771
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https://bugs.debian.org/1107771

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dh-make-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 1107771@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

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gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> (supplier of updated dh-make-perl package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 01:11:20 +0200
Source: dh-make-perl
Architecture: source
Version: 0.129
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
Closes: 1107771
Changes:
 dh-make-perl (0.129) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * dh-make-perl(1): update documentation.
     DPKG::Parse::Available has been replaced with Dpkg::Index in 0.120.
     Cf. #1107771
   * Add test and runtime dependency on apt. Cf. #1107771
     Thanks to Jochen Sprickerhof for the bug report.
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