Bug 399057

Summary:	dev-lang/perl installs different LWP than libwww-perl
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michael Melcher <Michael.Melcher82>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo Perl team <perl>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	Michael.Melcher82
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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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.