[wrynose][PATCH] cpan_build: disable .packlist and html doc

[wrynose][PATCH] cpan_build: disable .packlist and html doc

[Wes Malone]

Currently, Makefile.PL-built Perl recipes (cpan.bbclass) exclude
.packlist files with NO_PACKLIST=1, but Build.PL recipes
(cpan_build.bbclass) do not. This now results in a QA error due to the
TMPDIR paths included in the .packlist file.

  ERROR: x do_package_qa: QA Issue: File [...]/.packlist in package x
         contains reference to TMPDIR [buildpaths]

A similar error is produced by generated html doc.

Here we add the corresponding Build.PL arg to disable packlists and html
doc.

Signed-off-by: Wes Malone <wes@mitsi.com>
---
 meta/classes-recipe/cpan_build.bbclass                    | 7 +++++++
 meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libmodule-build-perl_0.4234.bb | 2 --
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cpan_build.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cpan_build.bbclass
index 026859b6c7..03289dc21c 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/cpan_build.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/cpan_build.bbclass
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ cpan_build_do_configure () {
 	fi
 
 	perl Build.PL --installdirs vendor --destdir ${D} \
+                        --create_packlist=0 \
+                        --config installhtml1dir= \
+                        --config installhtml3dir= \
+                        --config installsitehtml1dir= \
+                        --config installsitehtml3dir= \
+                        --config installvendorhtml1dir= \
+                        --config installvendorhtml3dir= \
 			${EXTRA_CPAN_BUILD_FLAGS}
 
 	# Build.PLs can exit with success without generating a
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libmodule-build-perl_0.4234.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libmodule-build-perl_0.4234.bb
index b27a8c15e6..0f992dea6d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libmodule-build-perl_0.4234.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libmodule-build-perl_0.4234.bb
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ do_patch_module_build () {
 
 do_patch[postfuncs] += "do_patch_module_build"
 
-EXTRA_CPAN_BUILD_FLAGS = "--create_packlist=0"
-
 do_install:prepend () {
 	# We do not have a recipe for libpod-parser-perl which is for
 	# documentation (and is deprecated in favor of Pod::Simple)

Re: [OE-core] [wrynose][PATCH] cpan_build: disable .packlist and html doc

[Yoann Congal]

On Wed Jul 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM CEST, Wes Malone via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Currently, Makefile.PL-built Perl recipes (cpan.bbclass) exclude
> .packlist files with NO_PACKLIST=1, but Build.PL recipes
> (cpan_build.bbclass) do not. This now results in a QA error due to the
> TMPDIR paths included in the .packlist file.
>
>   ERROR: x do_package_qa: QA Issue: File [...]/.packlist in package x
>          contains reference to TMPDIR [buildpaths]
>
> A similar error is produced by generated html doc.
>
> Here we add the corresponding Build.PL arg to disable packlists and html
> doc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wes Malone <wes@mitsi.com>
> ---
>  meta/classes-recipe/cpan_build.bbclass                    | 7 +++++++
>  meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libmodule-build-perl_0.4234.bb | 2 --
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Hello,

This patch should also apply to master. We have a strong master-first
policy so any patch need to get an equivalent merged on master before
being merged on stable branches.

Can you send an equivalent patch on master so I can review this for
wrynose?

Thanks!
-- 
Yoann Congal
Smile ECS

Re: [OE-core] [wrynose][PATCH] cpan_build: disable .packlist and html doc

[Wes Malone]

On Wednesday, July 29, 2026 09:42, Yoann Congal wrote:
> This patch should also apply to master. We have a strong master-first
> policy so any patch need to get an equivalent merged on master before
> being merged on stable branches.
> 
> Can you send an equivalent patch on master so I can review this for
> wrynose?
> 

Hi, thank you for the advice. I've resubmitted the patch on master. Sorry for
any formatting mistakes. My workplace blocks non-outlook mail clients so I'm
having to jump through some hoops.

Wes Malone

Re: [OE-core] [wrynose][PATCH] cpan_build: disable .packlist and html doc

[Yoann Congal]

On Wed Jul 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM CEST, Wes Malone wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 29, 2026 09:42, Yoann Congal wrote:
>> This patch should also apply to master. We have a strong master-first
>> policy so any patch need to get an equivalent merged on master before
>> being merged on stable branches.
>> 
>> Can you send an equivalent patch on master so I can review this for
>> wrynose?
>> 
>
> Hi, thank you for the advice. I've resubmitted the patch on master. Sorry for
> any formatting mistakes. My workplace blocks non-outlook mail clients so I'm
> having to jump through some hoops.

Your patch does apply clean on wrynose, so , no formatting issues to
report, well done!

Do you know about "b4"?
https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/contributor/send.html
It has a web submission endpoint for contributor with "difficult" mail
systems and should work with Yocto Project & Openembedded mailing lists.

Regards,
-- 
Yoann Congal
Smile ECS