[Bug 2061609] Re: debcheckout raises Perl errors

[Calvin Mwadime Makokha]

There is an MP against upstream
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/devscripts/-/merge_requests/397.

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Title:
  debcheckout raises Perl errors

Status in devscripts package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in devscripts source package in Noble:
  New

Bug description:
  When I run debcheckout on Noble I get these warnings from Perl

  given is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 419.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 420.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 424.
  given is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 464.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 465.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 469.
  given is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 513.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 514.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 515.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 516.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 522.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 523.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 547.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 548.
  given is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 605.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 606.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 637.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 682.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 700.
  when is deprecated at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 761.

  After researching I found this update about v 5.38, which we use in
  Noble https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5380delta#Switch-and-Smart-Match-
  operator

  The switch experimental statement is officially deprecated and later
  to be dropped in 5.42

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