Re: [PATCH v5 04/17] gnu: Add perl-net-dns-resolver-programmable.

[Leo Famulari]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:38:20PM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
> 
> gnu: Add perl-net-dns-resolver-programmable.
> 
> * gnu/packages/networking.scm (perl-net-dns-resolver-programmable): New 
> variable.

I'm going through v5 of this patch series. This is the first patch I
have a question about.

> +(define-public perl-net-dns-resolver-programmable
> + (package
> +  (name "perl-net-dns-resolver-programmable")
> +  (version "v0.003")
> +  (source
> +    (origin
> +      (method url-fetch)
> +      (uri (string-append
> +             
> "mirror://cpan/authors/id/J/JM/JMEHNLE/net-dns-resolver-programmable/"
> +             "Net-DNS-Resolver-Programmable-" version ".tar.gz"))
> +      (sha256
> +        (base32
> +          "1v3nl2kaj4fs55n1617n53q8sa3mir06898vpy1rq98zjih24h4d"))
> +      (patches
> +       (list (origin
> +               (method url-fetch)
> +               (uri 
> "https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Ticket/Attachment/1575108/841078/patch.txt";)
> +               (sha256
> +                 (base32
> +                   
> "027fzq1dryqwhkprz4r32vj78qfdnx1mhjx6piag7p62p5npmdic")))))))

Can you send a comment explaining why we have to apply this patch? Its
URL does not enable me to "go back" to the relevant discussion and learn
the context or identity of the author.

Assuming we keep the upstream patch, I will download it and add it to
'gnu/packages/patches', and apply it using the method seen in the cpio
package definition. I can do that on my own, or you can submit a v6 of
this patch.