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Bug 65317 - files in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.x are not registered to the perl package
Summary: files in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.x are not registered to the perl package
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Development (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Perl team
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Reported: 2004-09-25 07:35 UTC by Perrin
Modified: 2005-02-10 02:57 UTC (History)
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Description Perrin 2004-09-25 07:35:09 UTC 
The c-header files converted by the perl ebuild while installing perl (occurs at least with <=perl-5.8.4-r1) are not registered to the perl package. That means  when updating perl the header files from older versions will not be deleted.
I had approx. 30mb of old header files in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge perl
2. etcat -b /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i686-linux/math.ph


Expected Results:  
Let portage install the files and register them properly to perl.
Comment 1 Michael Cummings (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-02-10 02:57:21 UTC 
New ebuild of perl (all versions) about to hit the tree to correct this. Also, the new replacement for libperl_rebuilder, perl-cleaner, can intelligently remove most of the ph files.