after a break, here's again a report about my work on RC bugs. in this case, all bugs either affect packages in the pkg-perl group and/or packages involved in the Perl 5.18 transition.

• #689899 – mgetty: "Ships a folder in /var/run or /var/lock (Policy Manual section 9.3.2)"
  raise severity, propose patch
• #693892 – src:libprelude: "prelude-manager: FTBFS with glibc 2.16"
  add some info to the bug report, later closed by maintainer
• #704784 – src:libogre-perl: "libogre-perl: Please upgrade OGRE dependency to 1.8 or greater"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #709680 – src:libcgi-application-plugin-stream-perl: "libcgi-application-plugin-stream-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures"
  add patch from Niko Tyni (pkg-perl)
• #710979 – src:libperlio-via-symlink-perl: "libperlio-via-symlink-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: inc/Module/Install.pm"
  adopt for pkg-perl and work around ancient Module::Install
• #711434 – src:libconfig-std-perl: "libconfig-std-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures"
  add patch from CPAN RT (pkg-perl)
• #713236 – src:libdbd-csv-perl: "libdbd-csv-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #713409 – src:license-reconcile: "license-reconcile: FTBFS: dh_auto_test: perl Build test returned exit code 255"
  add patch from Oleg Gashev (pkg-perl)
• #713580 – src:handlersocket: "handlersocket: FTBFS: config.status: error: cannot find input file: `handlersocket/Makefile.in'"
  add patch from upstream git, upload to DELAYED/2, then rescheduled to 0-day with maintainer's permission
• #718082 – src:libcatalyst-modules-perl: "libcatalyst-modules-perl: FTBFS: Tests failed"
  add missing build dependency (pkg-perl)
• #718120 – src:libbio-primerdesigner-perl: "libbio-primerdesigner-perl: FTBFS: Too early to specify a build action 'vendor'. Do 'Build vendor' instead."
  prepare a patch, upload after review (pkg-perl)
• #718161 – src:libgeo-ip-perl: "libgeo-ip-perl: FTBFS: Failed 1/5 test programs. 1/32 subtests failed."
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #718280 – libev-perl: "libev-perl: forcing of EV_EPOLL=1 leads to FTBFS on non-linux architectures"
  prepare possible patches, upload one after review (pkg-perl)
• #718743 – src:libyaml-syck-perl: "libyaml-syck-perl: FTBFS on arm* & more"
  add patch from CPAN RT (pkg-perl)
• #719380 – src:libwx-perl: "libwx-perl: FTBFS: dh_auto_test: make -j1 test returned exit code 2"
  update versioned (build) dependency (pkg-perl)
• #719397 – src:libsql-abstract-more-perl: "libsql-abstract-more-perl: FTBFS: dh_auto_test: perl Build test returned exit code 255"
  add missing build dependency (pkg-perl)
• #719414 – pkg-components: "Update to support updated Debian::Control API"
  upload package fixed by Olof Johansson (pkg-perl)
• #719500 – src:lire: "lire: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD errors"
  add patch to fix POD, upload to DELAYED/2
• #719501 – src:mgetty: "mgetty: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD errors"
  apply patch from brian m. carlson, upload to DELAYED/2, then rescheduled to 0-day with maintainer's permission, then ftpmaster-auto-rejected for other reasons (cf. #689899)
• #719503 – src:mp3burn: "mp3burn: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD errors"
  apply patch from brian m. carlson, upload to DELAYED/2
• #719504 – src:netsend: "netsend: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD errors"
  apply patch from brian m. carlson, upload to DELAYED/2
• #719505 – src:spampd: "spampd: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD errors"
  add patch to fix POD, upload to DELAYED/2
• #719596 – libmouse-perl: "libmouse-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.18: t/030_roles/001_meta_role.t failure"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #719963 – src:grepmail: "grepmail: FTBFS with perl 5.18: 'Subroutine Scalar::Util::openhandle redefined"
  move away bundled module for tests, QA upload
• #719972 – src:libapache-authznetldap-perl: "libapache-authznetldap-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: syntax error at Makefile.PL"
  apply patch from brian m. carlson (pkg-perl)
• #720267 – src:libkiokudb-perl: "libkiokudb-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #720269 – src:libmoosex-attributehelpers-perl: "libmoosex-attributehelpers-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures"
  add patch from CPAN RT (pkg-perl)
• #720429 – src:mail-spf-perl: "mail-spf-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD failure"
  add patch to fix POD (pkg-perl)
• #720430 – src:msva-perl: "msva-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD failure"
  send patch to bug report
• #720431 – src:oar: "oar: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD failure"
  send patch to bug report
• #720496 – src:primaxscan: "primaxscan: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD failure"
  send patch to bug report
• #720497 – src:profphd: "profphd: FTBFS with perl 5.18: POD failure"
  send patch to bug report
• #720665 – src:libwww-shorten-perl: "libwww-shorten-perl: FTBFS: POD coverage test failure"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #720670 – src:aptitude-robot: "aptitude-robot: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures"
  try to investigate
• #720776 – src:bioperl: "bioperl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures"
  forward upstream
• #720787 – src:libconfig-model-lcdproc-perl: "libconfig-model-lcdproc-perl: FTBFS: Can't locate Config/Model/Tester.pm in @INC"
  add missing build dependency (pkg-perl)
• #720788 – src:libconfig-model-openssh-perl: "libconfig-model-openssh-perl: FTBFS: Can't locate Config/Model/Tester.pm in @INC"
  add missing build dependency in git (pkg-perl)