perl fails

Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Erick Branderhorst <Erick.Branderhorst@asml.nl>

Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:03:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 1.4.0-3

Done: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#6225; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Erick Branderhorst <Erick.Branderhorst@asml.nl>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0-3

Compiling dpkg on sparc solaris system where perl is not
found in usr/bin/perl fails because insert-version.pl contains
the perl path hardcoded.

Erick

Information forwarded to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#6225; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer):
Extra info received and forwarded to maintainer. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #10 received at 6225-maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

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This bug is very old. Please take a look at it and see if you can fix it.
If it has already been fixed, please close it.

If you have problems fixing it or if you don't have the time to fix it,
please ask the people on debian-devel@lists.debian.org for help, so that
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Remco Blaakmeer

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#6225; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #15 received at 6225@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Hi,

> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.4.0-3
> 
> Compiling dpkg on sparc solaris system where perl is not
> found in usr/bin/perl fails because insert-version.pl contains
> the perl path hardcoded.

Is this bug still reproducible? AFAICT, neither does that script
exist in recent dpkg source versions, nor should any scripts have
any paths hardcoded, because GNU autoconf/configure stuff is used...

-- 
enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name

Message sent on to Erick Branderhorst <Erick.Branderhorst@asml.nl>:
Bug#6225. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! Request was from Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

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Debian Bug report logs - #6225 compiling dpkg without !/usr/bin/perl fails

Debian Bug report logs - #6225
compiling dpkg without !/usr/bin/perl fails