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(a)redhat.com> 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).
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