Latexmk uses deprecated function File::Glob::glob()

[Md Ayquassar]

Upon doing `latexmk -c <my_file_name>`, I got

Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 1 January 2015, version: 4.41.
File::Glob::glob() will disappear in perl 5.30. Use File::Glob::bsd_glob() instead. at /usr/bin/latexmk line 3259

So far, no ill effects except this printf.
I guess, whoever maintains latexmk (or updates it from the upstream), better take care of the bug before the package gets unusable...

My Ubuntu version is an up-to-date 17.10, codename "artful". As for perl, its package version is 5.26.0-8ubuntu1.1. After an update to Bionic Beaver, the message still persists.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Erik Auerswald (auerswal)]

Same for me, e.g. using the -C or -c options w/o filename:

$ latexmk -C
Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 1 January 2015, version: 4.41.
File::Glob::glob() will disappear in perl 5.30. Use File::Glob::bsd_glob() instead. at /usr/bin/latexmk line 7482.

$ latexmk -c
Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 1 January 2015, version: 4.41.
File::Glob::glob() will disappear in perl 5.30. Use File::Glob::bsd_glob() instead. at /usr/bin/latexmk line 7482.

Current (2019-03-21) stable Perl version seems to be 5.28.1, which seems to be the Perl version for Ubuntu 19.04, but I would like to suggest looking into this sooner rather than later.

The latexmk version history at http://personal.psu.edu/jcc8//software/latexmk-jcc/versions.html shows that version V. 4.54 dated 20 November 2017 addresses this problem, with V. 4.54c dated 12 December 2017 adding a fix regarding this for older Perl installations. The current version seems to be V. 4.63b dated 17 March 2019. Upgrading to a newer version latexmk could perhaps be considered.

Thanks,
Erik

[Md Ayquassar (mdayquassar)]

Looks fixed to me as of now in focal. @auerswal : Still present for you? If not, please close or suggest closing the issue report.