dh-make-perl error: Use of uninitialized value in substitu..

I am trying to adopt libcdk-perl. When trying to build the package
with dh-make-perl I get the error that dh-make-perl "Cannot find a
description for the package: use the --desc switch"

However I am using the --desc switch like this: dh-make-perl -e
jeremiah.DeleteThis@jeremiahfoster.com --desc "Perl interface to Curses
Development Library"

dh-make-perl then repeats the previous message, along with this:
Found: Cdk 4.09010 (libcdk-perl arch=all)
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /usr/bin/dh-make-
perl line 598.
[ . . . ]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /usr/bin/dh-make-
perl line 598.

Line 598 of dh-make-perl (the latest version, I pulled it from
subversion, but I received this error with the version I downloaded
with apt-get as well) reads like this:

# Replace linefeeds (not followed by a space) in $desc with
spaces
$desc =~ s/\n(?=\S)/ /gs;

Does anyone have any suggestions? Is this a bug I should file?

Thanks,

Jeremiah


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On Aug 6, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

> -=| Jeremiah Foster, 6.08.2007 00:29 |=-
>> I am trying to adopt libcdk-perl. When trying to build the package
>> with
>> dh-make-perl I get the error that dh-make-perl "Cannot find a
>> description for the package: use the --desc switch"
>
> Since you are adopting, isn't it better to base your package on the
> one
> already present in the archive? Re-creating it from scratch looks like
> double-work to me. Of course, there may be reasons for this too.

I am sure it is better to use the already present package. I used dh-
make-perl for two reasons:

1. I get an error with uupdate[0] (I assume this is the right way to
build already archived packages?)
2. I want to learn more about dh-make-perl

I most certainly do not want to make more work for you, the only
reason it turned out this way is my inexperience. Hopefully I will
not make this error again.

Jeremiah

[0] uupdate ../libcdk-perl_4.9.10.orig.tar.gz
parsechangelog/debian: error: found start of entry where expected
more change data or trailer, at file debian/changelog line 6
uupdate: unable to determine source package


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