some perl5 modules with .xs components fail to install/package

Fri Oct 25 17:39:26 UTC 2013

I also submitted this as a PR.

I installed a FreeBSD 8.4-Release.
Installed perl5:
root at test84:/install/INSTALL_FreeBSD_84 # perl -v

This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 4 (v5.14.4) built for amd64-freebsd

I then compiled and tried to install a laundry list of perl modules.

Some modules need to compile and install .so and .bs files. Some,  but 
not all,
of these modules had the following error.  It appears that the .bs file 
is listed in the PLIST

XX ===>  Building package for p5-Bit-Vector-7.3
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/Bit/Vector/Vector.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

But there is no Vector.bs file:

# find work -name '*.bs'        (no output - no file found)

I also did:

test84: {60} # cd work/Bit-Vector-7.3/
test84: {61} # make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/bin/perl5.14.4 "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" 
"-MTest::Harness" "-e" "undef *Test::Harness::Switches; test_harness(0, 
'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_____version.t .. ok
t/01_________new.t .. ok
t/02_____destroy.t .. ok
t/03__operations.t .. ok
t/04___functions.t .. ok
t/05______primes.t .. ok
t/06______subset.t .. ok
t/07_____compare.t .. ok
t/08______resize.t .. ok
t/09__parameters.t .. ok
t/10___intervals.t .. ok
t/11_______shift.t .. ok
t/12______string.t .. ok
t/13___increment.t .. ok
t/14_______empty.t .. ok
t/15_________add.t .. ok
t/16____subtract.t .. ok
t/17_________gcd.t .. ok
t/28___chunklist.t .. ok
t/30__overloaded.t .. ok
t/40___auxiliary.t .. ok
t/50_freeze_thaw.t .. ok
t/51_file_nstore.t .. ok
All tests successful.
Files=23, Tests=91963,  9 wallclock secs ( 7.84 usr  0.09 sys + 1.54 
cusr  0.18 csys =  9.65 CPU)
Result: PASS

So it appears that the .bs file is not generated or required.

I patched the pkg-plist file:
test84: {64} # diff -bc pkg-plist*
*** pkg-plist   Fri Oct 25 10:23:07 2013
--- pkg-plist.orig      Fri Oct 25 10:22:50 2013
***************
*** 5,10 ****
--- 5,11 ----
   %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/Bit/Vector/String.pm
   %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/Bit/Vector/String.pod
   %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Bit/Vector/.packlist
+ %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Bit/Vector/Vector.bs
   %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Bit/Vector/Vector.so
   @dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Bit/Vector
   @dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/Bit/Vector

And did:
make all install package

test84: {71} # make all install package
===>  Installing for p5-Bit-Vector-7.3
===>   p5-Bit-Vector-7.3 depends on package: p5-Carp-Clan>=0 - found
===>   p5-Bit-Vector-7.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.14.4 - found
===>   Generating temporary packing list
===>  Checking if math/p5-Bit-Vector already installed
Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architecture 
dependent library tree
Installing 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/Bit/Vector/Vector.so
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/Bit/Vector.pm
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/Bit/Vector.pod
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/Bit/Vector/Overload.pm
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/Bit/Vector/String.pod
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/Bit/Vector/Overload.pod
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/Bit/Vector/String.pm
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.14/man/man3/Bit::Vector.3
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.14/man/man3/Bit::Vector::Overload.3
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.14/man/man3/Bit::Vector::String.3
===>   Compressing manual pages for p5-Bit-Vector-7.3
===>   Registering installation for p5-Bit-Vector-7.3
===>  Building package for p5-Bit-Vector-7.3

I suspect that the pkg-plist entries for the indicated *.bs files are 
not needed.

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XX ===>  Building package for p5-B-Utils-0.21
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/B/Utils/Utils.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

XX ===>  Building package for p5-Bit-Vector-7.3
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/Bit/Vector/Vector.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

XX ===>  Building package for p5-HTML-Parser-3.71
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/HTML/Parser/Parser.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

XX ===>  Building package for p5-Params-Util-1.07
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/Params/Util/Util.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

XX ===>  Building package for p5-Socket-2.012
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/Socket/Socket.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

XX ===>  Building package for p5-Storable-2.45
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/Storable/Storable.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

XX ===>  Building package for p5-Text-Iconv-1.7
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/Text/Iconv/Iconv.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

XX ===>  Building package for p5-Tk-804.031_1
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/Tk/Canvas/Canvas.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

XX ===>  Building package for p5-XML-LibXML-2.0106,1
XX tar: lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/mach/auto/XML/LibXML/LibXML.bs: Cannot 
stat: No such file or directory
XX tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.