Re: libloc 0.9.16 rootfile changes

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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Hello,

> On 21 Nov 2022, at 13:57, Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello *,
> 
> while trying to update libloc in IPFire 2.x, I noticed a possible quirk in the way the
> Perl module and man page files are currently installed. The rootfile diff looks as follows:
> 
> diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libloc b/config/rootfiles/common/libloc
> index 7eb94217e..628ac343f 100644
> --- a/config/rootfiles/common/libloc
> +++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libloc
> @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
> +#Location.3
> +Location.pm
> +#auto
> +#auto/Location
> +auto/Location/Location.so

This is very much incorrect and was probably introduced here:

  https://git.ipfire.org/?p=location/libloc.git;a=commitdiff;h=b26c2109eaf229d8c297266f12cd4757d7f14eb8

What did the configure script print at the end for the perl directories? It looks like the paths are not correctly detected.

> #etc/cron.daily
> #etc/cron.daily/location-update
> usr/bin/location
> @@ -22,10 +27,6 @@ usr/bin/location
> #usr/lib/libloc.so
> usr/lib/libloc.so.1
> usr/lib/libloc.so.1.0.2
> -usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.0/xxxMACHINExxx-linux-thread-multi/Location.pm
> -#usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.0/xxxMACHINExxx-linux-thread-multi/auto/Location
> -#usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.0/xxxMACHINExxx-linux-thread-multi/auto/Location/.packlist
> -usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.0/xxxMACHINExxx-linux-thread-multi/auto/Location/Location.so
> #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libloc.pc
> #usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_location.la
> usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_location.so
> @@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/location/i18n.py
> #usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/location/importer.py
> usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/location/logger.py
> #usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libloc.mo
> -#usr/share/man/man3/Location.3
> #var/lib/location
> var/lib/location/database.db
> var/lib/location/ipset
> 
> It appears that, despite ./configure called with parameters such as "--disable-man-pages",
> libloc always installs a man page, and now places Perl files in the current working directory
> rather than something like /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.0/...
> 
> Does the ./configure call need additional parameters? Is this behaviour intended?

—-disable-man-pages is working okay as our own man pages are not installed.

The man page that is being installed is from the Perl module.

Potentially, we will need to pass this to the perl build scripts. I wouldn’t consider this a very high priority, so please open a bug and assign it to Stefan.

-Michael

> 
> Thanks, and best regards,
> Peter Müller