Bug 820329 – app-dicts/verbiste-0.1.47 - configure: error: missing some Perl modules required for testing

• Status: CONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Toralf Förster 2021-10-26 08:46:29 UTC]

checking for perl module IPC::Open2... ok
checking for perl module XML::Parser... no
configure: error: missing some Perl modules required for testing

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/app-dicts/verbiste-0.1.47/work/verbiste-0.1.47/config.log
 * ERROR: app-dicts/verbiste-0.1.47::gentoo failed (configure phase):

  -------------------------------------------------------------------

  This is an unstable amd64 chroot image at a tinderbox (==build bot)
  name: 17.1_hardened-j4-20211025-230158

  -------------------------------------------------------------------

gcc-config -l:
 [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-11.2.0 *
/usr/lib/llvm/12
12.0.1
Python 3.9.7
Available Rust versions:
  [1]   rust-1.56.0 *
php cli:

  HEAD of ::gentoo
commit 89dbb39bf5a335053217bba75fa5aabc24bfdb19
Author: Repository mirror & CI <[e-mail]>
Date:   Tue Oct 26 04:22:10 2021 +0000

    2021-10-26 04:22:08 UTC

emerge -qpvO app-dicts/verbiste
[ebuild  N    ] app-dicts/verbiste-0.1.47  USE="-gtk"

[Comment 1 Toralf Förster 2021-10-26 08:46:30 UTC]

Created attachment 746760 [details]
emerge-info.txt

[Comment 2 Toralf Förster 2021-10-26 08:46:31 UTC]

Created attachment 746763 [details]
app-dicts:verbiste-0.1.47:20211026-043142.log

[Comment 3 Toralf Förster 2021-10-26 08:46:32 UTC]

Created attachment 746766 [details]
emerge-history.txt

[Comment 4 Toralf Förster 2021-10-26 08:46:33 UTC]

Created attachment 746769 [details]
environment

[Comment 5 Toralf Förster 2021-10-26 08:46:34 UTC]

Created attachment 746772 [details]
etc.portage.tar.bz2

[Comment 6 Toralf Förster 2021-10-26 08:46:35 UTC]

Created attachment 746775 [details]
logs.tar.bz2

[Comment 7 Toralf Förster 2021-10-26 08:46:36 UTC]

Created attachment 746778 [details]
temp.tar.bz2

[Comment 8 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2021-11-01 20:31:00 UTC]

would adding dev-perl/XML-Parser be enough?

[Comment 9 Joonas Niilola 2021-11-21 07:57:46 UTC]

There seems to be more to it.

checking for perl... no
configure: WARNING: could not find perl

If I install perl, it's looking for that dep.
checking for perl module XML::Parser... no
configure: error: missing some Perl modules required for testing

Yes, if I install dev-perl/XML-Parser, it passes. But what is this "testing" the build system is complaining about? You should really dig into their build system deeper.

It doesn't take that long to set up a chroot / container / vm to test these packages on a minimal stage3 setup without damaging your main system. 
  https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Test_environment
  https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Package_testing