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Bug 61288

Summary:	perl 5.6.1 breaks Alien package
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Joe Acosta <josepha48>
Component:	alien	Assignee:	Jeff Johnson <jbj>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2	CC:	dkelson
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Description Joe Acosta 2002-03-16 03:01:49 UTC

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Description of problem:
Installing the update for perkl 5.6.1 broke the alien package. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. upgrade to perl 5.6.1 a RH 7.2 system.  
2. run alien 
3.get output below
	

Actual Results:  Can't locate Alien/Package/Deb.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/alien line 212.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/alien line 212.


Additional info:

Comment 1 Dax Kelson 2002-05-01 05:05:55 UTC

I can confirm this, it also effects SkipJack Beta 2.

Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2002-05-02 20:58:22 UTC

*** Bug 64265 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Stephen John Smoogen 2002-05-03 22:19:39 UTC

The easy fix for the package is to install the SRPM, add 1 to the sub-version
number (or whatever it is called), and rebuild RPM. 

The long term fix is to call it something to make it dependant on the specific
version of perl so that when PERL gets rebuilt in the main tree it is seen as
something that has to be rebuilt also.

Comment 4 Jeff Johnson 2002-06-05 19:10:26 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 64412 ***