On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 08:42:20PM +0200, clime wrote: > On Sat, 16 May 2020 at 20:33, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 16 May 2020 20:23:35 +0200 > > clime <clime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am co-maintaining an epel-7 package (dist-git) and I wanted to add > > > it to epel-8 too. But right now, it wouldn't install because one of > > > the dependencies (moreutils) is newly in PowerTools repo > > > (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1833810). > > > > > > I assume that basically means I cannot depend on such package from an > > > epel-8 package or at least I will solve it like this by removing the > > > dependency. Something like this is a bit surprising, however. I didn't > > > know a repo like that existed. > > > > You can safely depend on things in the PowerTools repo as it's expected > > that EPEL-8 users will also use that repository: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F > > > > Looking at the BZ ticket, it seems you discovered that yourself. > > I think in the end it is actually perl(IPC::Run) which is provided by > PowerTools. > > The thing is that the yum error message doesn't say "Enable PowerTools > to install this package". > > I am a long term epel user and I had no idea about PowerTools. Part of the confusion may be that: RHEL's Code Ready Builder repo == CentOS PowerTools. They have the same packages in them, just different names. https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS8#Where_is_the_CentOS_8_codeready-developer_equivalent_repo.3F kevin
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