Hi, This patch will remove the Requires that were placed on perl-devel at the end of the f7 cycle. It is proposed for the 'devel' branch (f8). Comments? (Ok, actually the patch is already applied, but I haven't built anything yet.)
? .build-5.8.8-19.fc8.log ? i386 ? perl-5.8.8 ? perl-5.8.8-19.fc8.src.rpm Index: perl.spec =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/pkgs/rpms/perl/devel/perl.spec,v retrieving revision 1.118 retrieving revision 1.119 diff -u -r1.118 -r1.119 --- perl.spec 17 May 2007 02:49:03 -0000 1.118 +++ perl.spec 1 Jun 2007 16:39:44 -0000 1.119 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Name: perl Version: %{perl_version} -Release: 18%{?dist} +Release: 19%{?dist} Epoch: %{perl_epoch} Summary: The Perl programming language Group: Development/Languages @@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ Summary: Header files for use in perl development Group: Development/Languages Requires: perl = %{perl_epoch}:%{perl_version}-%{release} -Requires: perl(CPAN), perl(ExtUtils::Embed), perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) -Requires: perl(Test::Harness), perl(Test::Simple) %description devel This package contains header files and development modules. @@ -721,6 +719,9 @@ %{_mandir}/man3/Test::Tutorial* %changelog +* Fri Jun 1 2007 Robin Norwood <rnorwood@xxxxxxxxxx> - 4:5.8.8-19 +- Remove artificial Requires from perl-devel + * Wed May 16 2007 Robin Norwood <rnorwood@xxxxxxxxxx> - 4:5.8.8-18 - Have perl-devel Require the other development/build related modules for simplicity.
-RN -- Robin Norwood Red Hat, Inc. "The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone." -Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching