On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 11:51:48AM -0600, Dax Kelson wrote: > > xorg-x11-6.7.99.2-2 > > * Thu Aug 12 2004 Mike A. Harris <mharris@xxxxxxxxxx> 6.7.99.2-2 > > > > - Added code to the rpm pre script to munge the config file to change the > > "keyboard" driver to "kbd" driver on upgrades, as XOrg no longer supports > > the old "keyboard" driver. > > - Use perl -p -i -e in pre rpm script for all config file munging instead of > > grep and temporary files. > > Did the policy on no perl in RPM pre/post install scripts change? > > There have been many bugzilla bugs filed and fixed over the years > removing perl from rpm scripts. On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 05:03:34PM -1000, Warren Togami wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > > >>That may be so, but it is impossible to install a modern Red Hat > >>OS without installing perl. Since perl is guaranteed to be > > > > > >Nope. I do it for all my firewalls. rpm -e perl is the highlight of the > >install experience ;) > > It is impossible to not have perl in a minimal rpmbuild environment, so > it should be okay to use it during rpmbuild. That has nothing to do with Dax's remark, build time != install time. And the only only dependencies of rpm-build on perl are on in these times unused perl scripts sitting around having been obsolted by rpm's internal __find_requires/__find_provides. I doubt any modern Red Hat rpm needs these script to be build (if it does in needs an update). -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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