From: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 11:10:22 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: All packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-* dependency
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b8cb320ce75caacdb3b99d0ffdc8701c0bdcc2c7

All packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-* dependency

Having $Config{vendorarch} change between Perl major versions (for
multiarch or other reasons) implies that packages using it need a strict
dependency on those versions of perl-base that have a compatible search
path (@INC).

The vast majority of these packages are binary ("XS") modules, where we
already require a dependency on the virtual package perlapi-*, provided
by perl-base. The name of this virtual package will change when the
interface between the Perl interpreter and the modules changes.

If we consider @INC part of that interface, we can use the existing
mechanism also for the few nonbinary modules using $Config{vendorarch}.
This is a new requirement that currently affects six packages in
the archive.
---

diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml
index c23f7c3..12cd82c 100644
--- a/perl-policy.sgml
+++ b/perl-policy.sgml
@@ -388,14 +388,15 @@ $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/&lt;tmp&gt;
 	</sect1>
 
 	<sect1 id="binary_modules">
-	  <heading>Binary Modules</heading>
+	  <heading>Binary and Other Architecture Dependent Modules</heading>
 	  <p>
 	    Binary modules must specify a dependency on either
 	    <package>perl</package> or <package>perl-base</package> with
 	    a minimum version of the <package>perl</package> package
-	    used to build the module, and must additionally depend on
-	    the expansion of
-	    <package>perlapi-$Config{debian_abi}</package> using
+	    used to build the module. Additionally, all binary modules
+	    (regardless of their installation directory) and any other modules
+	    installed into <tt>$Config{vendorarch}</tt> must depend on the
+	    expansion of <package>perlapi-$Config{debian_abi}</package> using
 	    the <tt>Config</tt> module. If <tt>$Config{debian_abi}</tt>
 	    is empty or not set, <tt>$Config{version}</tt> must be used.
 	  </p>