235423 2008-08-22 05:52 0000 app-arch/dpkg-1.14.19 needs unconditional dependency on dev-perl/TimeDate 2008-08-22 17:17:48 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Ebuilds unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 minor --- 1 gentoo4@achurch.org deb-tools@gentoo.org gentoo4@achurch.org 2008-08-22 05:52:50 0000 app-arch/dpkg-1.14.19 requires the Perl Date::Parse module, in dev-perl/TimeDate, when building a .deb package file. Without dev-perl/TimeDate installed: $ dpkg-gencontrol Can't locate Date/Parse.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Dpkg/Changelog/Debian.pm line 66. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Dpkg/Changelog/Debian.pm line 66. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian line 12. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian line 12. dpkg-gencontrol: failure: changelog parser /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian gave error exit status 2 gentoo4@achurch.org 2008-08-22 05:53:45 0000 Created an attachment (id=163531) Ebuild patch wormo@gentoo.org 2008-08-22 06:41:37 0000 Thanks for the patch, assigning to maintainers yvasilev@gentoo.org 2008-08-22 17:17:48 0000 Thanks for reporting :-) I added dev-perl/TimeDate to RDEPEND as it's needed at runtime as you have noticed. Fixed in CVS. 163531 2008-08-22 05:53 0000 Ebuild patch dpkg-1.14.19.ebuild.patch text/plain LS0tIGRwa2ctMS4xNC4xOS5lYnVpbGQub2xkCTIwMDgtMDctMDggMDM6MDU6MjcgKzA5MDAKKysr IGRwa2ctMS4xNC4xOS5lYnVpbGQJMjAwOC0wOC0yMiAxNDo1MDo1NyArMDkwMApAQCAtMTgsOCAr MTgsOSBAQAogCXpsaWI/ICggPj1zeXMtbGlicy96bGliLTEuMS40ICkKIAliemlwMj8gKCBhcHAt YXJjaC9iemlwMiApIgogREVQRU5EPSIke1JERVBFTkR9CisJZGV2LXBlcmwvVGltZURhdGUKIAlu bHM/ICggYXBwLXRleHQvcG80YSApCi0JdGVzdD8gKCBkZXYtcGVybC9UaW1lRGF0ZSBkZXYtcGVy bC9UZXN0LVBvZCApIgorCXRlc3Q/ICggZGV2LXBlcmwvVGVzdC1Qb2QgKSIKIAogc3JjX3VucGFj aygpIHsKIAl1bnBhY2sgJHtBfQo=