PaCPAN: tool for building Perl packages for Pacman from CPAN

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http://xyne.archlinux.ca/info/pacpan
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Pacpan functionality has evolved as of version 4.0. CPAN distribution and metadata handling has improved and there are now functions which can query installed packages to determine their adherence to the packaging guidelines.
Building packages with dependency resolution etc has been move to bauerbill, which can now build CPAN packages using standard pacman options, e.g. "bauerbill -S perl-foo-bar" or "bauerbill -S Foo::Bar".
Last edited by Xyne (2010-02-01 22:00:32)

Answer 1

Imagine going looking for a perl cpan pacman solution and finding out you wrote one ofc i had to give it a spin
Works really well but i did run into trouble when installing Spreadsheet::WriteExcel something went wrong with one of the dependencies.
REQUIREMENTS
    This module requires Perl 5.005 (or later), Parse::RecDescent
    and File::Temp:
Works fine as long as i removed, 'perl-' from depends=
[vociferous@avatar ~]$ pacpan Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
==> retrieving info for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
Use of uninitialized value $module in hash element at /usr/bin/pacpan line 961, <GEN1> line 298.
Use of uninitialized value $p_dep in string eq at /usr/bin/pacpan line 789, <GEN1> line 298.
Use of uninitialized value $p_dep in hash element at /usr/bin/pacpan line 790, <GEN1> line 298.
==> FOUND: found pkg: File::Temp -> perl
==> retrieving info for OLE::Storage_Lite
==> FOUND: found pkg: Parse::RecDescent -> perl-parse-recdescent
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 546, <GEN1> line 1098.
Use of uninitialized value $pkgname in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 559, <GEN1> line 1098.
Use of uninitialized value $pkgver in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 559, <GEN1> line 1098.
Use of uninitialized value $url in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 559, <GEN1> line 1098.
Use of uninitialized value $name in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 325, <GEN1> line 1098.
Use of uninitialized value $ver in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 325, <GEN1> line 1098.
Use of uninitialized value $name in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 340, <GEN1> line 1098.
Use of uninitialized value $name in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 340, <GEN1> line 1098.
Use of uninitialized value $name in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 340, <GEN1> line 1098.
Use of uninitialized value $name in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/pacpan line 340, <GEN1> line 1098.
==> SUCCESS: generated build script: build_cpan
pacpan Spreadsheet::WriteExcel --get-pkgbuild
Use of uninitialized value $module in hash element at /usr/bin/pacpan line 961, <GEN1> line 298.
Use of uninitialized value $p_dep in string eq at /usr/bin/pacpan line 789, <GEN1> line 298.
Use of uninitialized value $p_dep in hash element at /usr/bin/pacpan line 790, <GEN1> line 298.
# PKGBUILD generated by pacpan
pkgname=perl-spreadsheet-writeexcel
_realname=Spreadsheet-WriteExcel
pkgver=2.25
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="no description available"
arch=(i686 x86_64)
license=('unknown, check site')
url="http://search.cpan.org/~jmcnamara/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.25/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel.pm"
depends=('perl' 'perl-parse-recdescent' 'perl-' 'perl-ole-storage_lite')
options=(!emptydirs)
#provides=('Spreadsheet-WriteExcel')
provides=('spreadsheet-writeexcel')
source=(http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.25.tar.gz)
md5sums=('ad70e5b031c0af60c50a72d8b09240c9')
build() {
cd ${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}
# install module in vendor directories.
PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor || return 1
make || return 1
make install DESTDIR=${pkgdir} || return 1
# remove perllocal.pod and .packlist
find ${pkgdir} -name perllocal.pod -delete
find ${pkgdir} -name .packlist -delete
# END OF PACPAN PKGBUILD