https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1629345 Bug ID: 1629345 Summary: Incorrect "Provides" Versions Product: Fedora Version: rawhide Component: perl-Encode Severity: high Assignee: ppisar@xxxxxxxxxx Reporter: william.braswell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QA Contact: extras-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ppisar@xxxxxxxxxx Description of problem: Many of the "Provides:" entries of the perl-Encode package include version numbers which do not actually exist. This is caused by incorrectly trimming leading zeros. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): All versions & releases of perl-Encode in Fedora/CentOS/RedHat (I think) How reproducible: Easily Steps to Reproduce: 1. Visit https://fedora.pkgs.org/28/fedora-x86_64/perl-Encode-2.97-3.fc28.x86_64.rpm.html 2. Scroll down to "Provides" section, "perl(Encode::Byte) = 2.4" 3. Visit https://metacpan.org/pod/Encode::Byte 4. Left side of page, "Module version: 2.04" Actual results: 2.4 Expected results: 2.04 Additional info: The same problem applies to most or all of the other Provides modules after Encode::Byte which have a leading 0 after the decimal, such as Encode::CJKConstants & Encode::Config & Encode::EBCDIC etc etc. Modules which do not have a leading 0 do not seem to be affected, such as Encode::CN::HZ 2.10 & MIME::Header 2.28 etc. Looking at the perl-Encode specfile, I am not exactly sure how to fix this, because the "Provides:" entries seem to be auto-generated... https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/perl-Encode/blob/master/f/perl-Encode.spec It is incorrect to trim leading zeros, because it does not allow for the proper conversion of numeric Perl version "2.40" which can easily be rounded to "2.4" by Perl's numeric processing. This also breaks automatic versioning and packaging systems. The Fedora Versioning Guidelines clearly states: "Don't trim leading zeroes." https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Versioning -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ perl-devel mailing list -- perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to perl-devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
