Bug#731847: dch: Can't locate Devscripts/Compression.pm in @INC

[Vincent Lefevre]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.13.6
Severity: grave
Tags: patch
Justification: renders package unusable

$ dch
Can't locate Devscripts/Compression.pm in @INC [...] at /usr/bin/dch line 42.

because "use Devscripts::Compression;" occurs before
"use lib '/usr/share/devscripts';".

Attached patch.

-- Package-specific info:

--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---

--- ~/.devscripts ---
Not present

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev     1.17.4
ii  libc6        2.17-97
ii  perl         5.18.1-5
ii  python3      3.3.2-17
pn  python3:any  <none>

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  at                          3.1.14-1
ii  curl                        7.33.0-1
ii  dctrl-tools                 2.23
ii  debian-keyring              2013.07.31
ii  dput                        0.9.6.4
ii  equivs                      2.0.9
ii  fakeroot                    1.20-3
ii  gnupg                       1.4.15-1.1
ii  libdistro-info-perl         0.11
ii  libencode-locale-perl       1.03-1
ii  libjson-perl                2.61-1
ii  liblwp-protocol-https-perl  6.04-2
ii  libparse-debcontrol-perl    2.005-4
ii  libsoap-lite-perl           0.716-1
ii  liburi-perl                 1.60-1
ii  libwww-perl                 6.05-2
ii  lintian                     2.5.19
ii  man-db                      2.6.5-2
ii  patch                       2.7.1-4
ii  patchutils                  0.3.2-3
ii  python3-debian              0.1.21+nmu2
ii  python3-magic               1:5.14-2
ii  sensible-utils              0.0.9
ii  strace                      4.5.20-2.3
ii  unzip                       6.0-10
ii  wdiff                       1.2.1-1
ii  wget                        1.14-5
ii  xz-utils                    5.1.1alpha+20120614-2

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20131005cvs-1
ii  build-essential              11.6
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
pn  devscripts-el                <none>
ii  gnuplot                      4.6.4-1
ii  gpgv                         1.4.15-1.1
ii  heirloom-mailx [mailx]       12.5-2
ii  libauthen-sasl-perl          2.1500-1
ii  libfile-desktopentry-perl    0.07-1
ii  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl         1.01-3
ii  libterm-size-perl            0.207-1+b1
ii  libtimedate-perl             2.3000-1
ii  libyaml-syck-perl            1.27-2+b1
ii  mutt                         1.5.21-6.4
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:6.4p1-1
ii  svn-buildpackage             0.8.5
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-12

-- no debconf information
-------------- next part --------------
--- /usr/bin/dch	2013-12-10 02:44:42.000000000 +0100
+++ dch	2013-12-10 13:30:51.572541868 +0100
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
 use File::Copy;
 use File::Basename;
 use Cwd;
+use lib '/usr/share/devscripts';
 use Devscripts::Compression;
 use Dpkg::Vendor qw(get_current_vendor);
-use lib '/usr/share/devscripts';
 use Devscripts::Debbugs;
 use POSIX qw(locale_h strftime);