[mythtv] Errant Version.pm being added to perl install directory
David Hampton
mythtv at love2code.net
Sun Jan 22 19:17:59 UTC 2023
On Sat, 2023-01-21 at 17:38 -0500, David Hampton wrote:
> On Sat, 2023-01-21 at 21:52 +0000, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> > With recent master, make & install will add a Version.pm
> > to the perl high level install directory This is (almost
> > certainly)
> > an error as that space is shared, and should have
> > application specific pm files, and directories (MythTV.pm
> > and a MythTV directory are currently created, and
> > now Version.pm?).
> >
> > I have not tried to bisect, but my guess is that 04faba0e
> > is a likely culprit.
>
> It is.
>
> Converting the entire 888 line MythTV.pm file into a pre-processed
> file
> just to be able to change a single value seemed overkill, so I opted
> for a new file. I didn't realize that it would end up installed at
> the
> top level. I will see if MakeMaker will allow me to extract that
> value
> from a file in a subdirectory.
>
> If any perl wizards are reading this, I'd love to hear any ideas you
> have.
I moved Version.pm to MythTV/Version.pm which should fix the issue.
That new file will need to be packaged.
David
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