Perl packaging problem

[Sérgio Basto]

Hi, 
perl-Git-Wrapper.spec doesn't build in EPEL7 because :
BuildRequires:  perl(:VERSION) >= 5.6
Ends in:
DEBUG util.py:435:  No matching package to install: 'perl(:VERSION) >= 5.6'

perl -v :
This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 3 (v5.16.3)

from: 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Perl?rd=Packaging/Perl
If you need to limit your package to a specific Perl version, use
perl(:VERSION) dependency with desired version constraint (e.g.
perl(:VERSION) >= 5.22).

But Perl 5.6.0  is a version from year 2000, so it is safe comment this
"BuildRequires", but anyone know a better solution ?

Thanks.

[Paul Howarth]

On 2017-02-13 04:51, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> Hi, 
> perl-Git-Wrapper.spec doesn't build in EPEL7 because :
> BuildRequires:  perl(:VERSION) >= 5.6
> Ends in:
> DEBUG util.py:435:  No matching package to install: 'perl(:VERSION) >= 
> 5.6'
>
> perl -v :
> This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 3 (v5.16.3)
>
> from:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Perl?rd=Packaging/Perl
> If you need to limit your package to a specific Perl version, use
> perl(:VERSION) dependency with desired version constraint (e.g.
> perl(:VERSION) >= 5.22).
>
> But Perl 5.6.0  is a version from year 2000, so it is safe comment this
> "BuildRequires", but anyone know a better solution ?

The perl(:VERSION) provide only works in Fedora at the moment so you 
can't use it in EPEL. Given that even EPEL-5 has perl 5.8.8 I wouldn't 
worry about the version requirement, but you should retain a build 
dependency on "perl" itself (not necessarily versioned) as it'll be 
needed for the package build process.

Paul.