Bug 248731

Summary: cpan2rpm doesn't work when first file in tarball isn't a directory
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jonathan Kamens <jik>
Component: cpan2rpmAssignee: Gavin Henry <ghenry>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Jonathan Kamens 2007-07-18 13:56:27 UTC
Tried to run "cpan2rpm Tk".  The first file in Tk-804.027.tar.gz is Tk-
804.027/COPYING, i.e., it isn't the root directory of the tarball, which is 
what cpan2rpm is expecting.  cpan2rpm fails with:

get_meta(): Not a directory at /usr/bin/cpan2rpm line 393.

I added a bit more info to that error message and it reports:

get_meta(): chdir(/tmp/ZhnL73u9em/Tk-804.027/COPYING): Not a directory 
at /usr/bin/cpan2rpm line 393.

Comment 1 Steven Pritchard 2007-07-18 17:55:04 UTC
I know this isn't what you asked, but a) Tk is already in Fedora ("yum 
install 'perl(Tk)'"), and b) you might want to try cpanspec (also in Fedora).

Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2008-04-04 13:24:28 UTC
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported
during the development of Fedora 8. In order to refocus our efforts as
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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2009-01-09 04:48:41 UTC
Fedora 8 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-01-07. Fedora 8 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
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