Bug 22033 – g-cpan.pl gives global symbol requires explicit package name error

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Alan 2003-05-31 23:07:50 UTC]

Each time g-cpan is run, with or without an argument the following error spits out:

phoenix alan # g-cpan.pl
Global symbol "$distfiles" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/g-cpan.pl
line 266.
syntax error at /usr/bin/g-cpan.pl line 268, near ")
 
    push"
Execution of /usr/bin/g-cpan.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
phoenix alan #


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. run g-cpan.pl
2.
3.

[Comment 1 Markus Luisser 2003-06-03 09:19:22 UTC]

it seems to work when uncommenting the system call on line 266 in g-cpan. $distfiles occurs 
only on that line in the whole script... 
 
change: 
----------- snip ----------- 
265    create_ebuild( $obj, $dir, $file, $prereq_pm, $md5string ); 
266		system("mv -f $localfile $distfiles/") 
----------- snip ----------- 
 
to  
 
----------- snip ----------- 
265    create_ebuild( $obj, $dir, $file, $prereq_pm, $md5string ); 
266		# system("mv -f $localfile $distfiles/") 
----------- snip ----------- 

[Comment 2 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) 2003-06-06 02:16:47 UTC]

Try portage-2.0.48-r1

[Comment 3 Markus Luisser 2003-06-07 10:43:27 UTC]

> Try portage-2.0.48-r1

works :)

[Comment 4 Lina Pezzella (RETIRED) 2003-06-07 22:05:50 UTC]

Created attachment 12924 [details]
code fix

[Comment 5 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) 2003-06-29 21:14:15 UTC]

Fixed already.
DISTDIR is not a constant.