On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Peter Robinson wrote:
To: Keith Roberts <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
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From: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Help me triage
# Is there a general policy around using perl in pre/post ?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462996
There is no such policy.
I wish there was a policy for not using perl in pre/post scripts. The
number of packages that use perl in a single line of the spec file and
don't require it as a general dependency hence pulling in all of perl
for nothing.
Not been following this topic that closely. Are you referring to using perl
for pre/post RPM package installation?
Yes. As per the RHBZ bug that's mentioned (and just been closed
because the perl script has been replaced with a sed script).
Peter
Would it be practical to use a PHP CLI script for pre/post
RPM installation - not in this particular case, but in
general? I find that bash scripts are a bit cryptic, and
lack the power that PHP CLI scripts can offer. I have
written backup scripts using PHP CLI mode scripts, and then
called bash O/S shell programs that are not natively
suppoerted by PHP. This gives me all the power of bash shell
scripting, and all the added functionality and ease of use
of PHP syntax :)
Kind Regards,
Keith Roberts
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