[debhelper-devel] Bug#737662: debhelper: Please use realclean instead of distclean for perl_build buildsystem

[gregor herrmann]

Package: debhelper
Version: 9.20131227
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

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Please change the clean action in the perl_build buildsystem from
`perl Build distclean' to `perl Build realclean'.

I stumbled upon this issue when I realized that Module::Build::Tiny
doesn't implement 'distclean'.

Upstream kindly explained the background [0]:
- - 'distclean' is not in the CPAN::API::BuildPL specification, and
  therefor not implemented in Module::Build::Tiny, and most probably
  also not in other future implementations of the spec
- - 'distclean' (which is realclean + distcheck) is not appropriate in
  this context anyway, and like other dist* targets meant for
  upstream authors

I've now built and installed debhelper with the attached trivial
patch in a cowbuilder chroot and rebuilt (twice in a row to actually
see the "perl Build realclean" in action) several dozens of packages
which have a Build.PL file and use dh in debian/rules, and I haven't
seen any problems with it.

[Leon, pkg-perl folks: Please chime in if I missed something.]


Cheers,
gregor


[0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2014/01/msg00067.html



- -- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.13-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages debhelper depends on:
ii  binutils    2.24-3
ii  dpkg        1.17.6
ii  dpkg-dev    1.17.6
ii  file        1:5.14-2
ii  man-db      2.6.6-1
ii  perl        5.18.2-2
ii  po-debconf  1.0.16+nmu2

debhelper recommends no packages.

Versions of packages debhelper suggests:
ii  dh-make  0.63

- -- no debconf information

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