Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 12:20 -0500, Robin Norwood wrote: [...] > I noticed a further problems: > > On FC6 with a locally build perl*-14.1 (including my most recent > patches) in a local repo in addition to the FC's core+extras, > > yum install 'perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)' > fails: > > # rpm -q --whatprovides 'perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)' > no package provides perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) > > # yum install 'perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)' > ... > Nothing to do > > # repoquery --whatprovides 'perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)' > perl-4:5.8.8-10.i386 > perl-devel-4:5.8.8-14.1.i386 > > # yum install perl-devel > ... > Installed: perl-devel.i386 4:5.8.8-14.1 > > > Seems to me as if yum can't properly handle this split. > > May-be, it can't handle resolving a property (perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)) > being provided by different packages perl rsp. perl-devel. Yeah, maybe we need to tweak the dependencies here. I'll poke around and see if I can figure it out, and maybe ask the Yum guys for advice. Thanks, -RN -- Robin Norwood Red Hat, Inc. "The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone." -Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching
