399057 – dev-lang/perl installs different LWP than libwww-perl

Bug 399057 - dev-lang/perl installs different LWP than libwww-perl

Summary: dev-lang/perl installs different LWP than libwww-perl

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Perl team

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Reported:	2012-01-16 10:59 UTC by Michael Melcher
Modified:	2012-01-17 05:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Michael Melcher 2012-01-16 10:59:36 UTC

dev-lang/perl installs the file
/usr/lib/perl5/5.12.4/CPAN/LWP/UserAgent.pm

while dev-perl/libwww-perl installs
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.4/LWP/Useragent.pm

the files are not the same and since the file from the libwww-perl contains the function new() and the file from dev-lang/perl does not I presume that that the libwww-perl one is the correct one (see cpan lwp documentation at http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/htdocs/libwww-perl/LWP/UserAgent.html#ua_LWP_UserAgent_gt_new_options )

It kinda escapes me why the same perl module is provided twice in different versions, though.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Torsten Veller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-01-17 05:07:07 UTC

It's not the same module ( CPAN::LWP::UserAgent vs LWP::UserAgent ).

If you want to use LWP::UserAgent then you must install libwww-perl.