Re: [PATCH testsuite v2 1/2] README: add perl-lib as a dependency

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On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 5:11 PM Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 5:05 AM Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:45 AM Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > The `lib` perl module has been split out of the `perl-interpreter`
> > > package in Fedora 33 into `perl-lib`. It is needed for the filesystem
> > > tests. Add it to the dependencies.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  README.md | 2 ++
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
> > > index ff0a0dc..bfd5b17 100644
> > > --- a/README.md
> > > +++ b/README.md
> > > @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ similar dependencies):
> > >  * perl-Test  _(test harness used by the testsuite)_
> > >  * perl-Test-Harness _(test harness used by the testsuite)_
> > >  * perl-Test-Simple _(for `Test::More`)_
> > > +* perl-lib _(for `lib`; split out from `perl-interpreter` since Fedora 33)_
> > >  * selinux-policy-devel _(to build the test policy)_
> > >  * gcc _(to build the test programs)_
> > >  * libselinux-devel _(to build some of the test programs)_
> > > @@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ following command:
> > >         # dnf install perl-Test \
> > >                 perl-Test-Harness \
> > >                 perl-Test-Simple \
> > > +               perl-lib \
> >
> > Note that this package doesn't exist on the earlier versions, so the
> > command will now work verbatim only on F33+... I'm not sure if we want
> > to add --skip-broken (might silently skip necessary packages in case
> > of dependency problems in the repos) or just leave it be.
>
> I agree that '--skip-broken' is probably not the best choice for the
> reasons you already mentioned.  I might suggest that if the package is
> not present in all of the supported versions of Fedora we should add a
> note to the README.md explaining that.  Once the older versions become
> unsupported the note can be removed.

There is already a note in the other line added. Or did you have
something different in mind?

-- 
Ondrej Mosnacek
Software Engineer, Platform Security - SELinux kernel
Red Hat, Inc.




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