On vendredi 23 février 2018 13:56:58 CET Petr Pisar wrote: > It's a long time I sent a message here. And because your read my new > message, it means something is wrong. Here it is: > > GCC won't be in the minimal build root > <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Remove_GCC_from_BuildRoot> since > Fedora 29. That affects Perl packages that executes gcc at build time > <https://ignatenkobrain.fedorapeople.org/gcc-removal-pkgs.txt>. > > Many of them use ExtUtils::CBuilder > <https://ignatenkobrain.fedorapeople.org/gcc-removal.txt> and thus Paul > proposed adding dependency on gcc to perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547165> instead of adding it > to each of the affected spec file as C guidelines recommends > <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:C_and_C%2B%2B#BuildRequires_and_Re > quires>. > > It's true that the only reason for ExtUils::CBuilder existence is to build > C code. Thus it is reasonable to require gcc from this package. > > (ExtUils::CBuilder also supports C++ and I think it makes sense to require > both gcc and gcc-c++.) > > But if perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder will require gcc, then all Module::Build > driven packages (403) will pull in gcc because current perl-Module-Build > requires it. In reality there is only 59 architecture specific packages > that uses Module::Build. > > So it's tempting to remove the ExtUtils::CBuilder dependency from > perl-Module-Build. Can we do it? > > "XS Extensions" section in Module::Build::Authoring reads: > > Modules which need to compile XS code should list "ExtUtils::CBuilder" > as a "build_requires" element. > > Contrary to that Module-Build requires ExtUtils::CBuilder in it's META data. > Thus I don't believe CPAN distribution authors or Fedora packagers do that. > And indeed Fedora has 36 Module::Build packages that are missing > ExtUtils::CBuilder build-dependency: > What about packages that use perl(XSLoader) but not perl(Module::Build)? Shouldn't they require gcc too? _______________________________________________ perl-devel mailing list -- perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to perl-devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
