Ralf Corsepius <rc040203(a)freenet.de> writes:
On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 11:08 -0500, Robin Norwood wrote:
[...]
> If we retroactively add a 'Provides: perl-devel' to
versions of perl in
> older distributions, will that help?
It will solve the *.spec portability issue, but ... the core question
still remains: Is this split "correct" and "sustainable" or simply
broken?
ATM, IMO, the outcome is still unclear.
Yes, I meant assuming we decide to 'go forward' with this change.
E.g. wrt to the MakeMaker issue, the "correct solution"
would be to let
a ExtUtils::MakeMaker spec "Requires: perl-devel", and to let all
perl-modules using ExtUtils::MakeMaker at build-time
"BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)".
I had wanted to have deeper look into this problem throughout today, but
haven't found the time for it (and my day is almost over).
This definitely needs more attention.
-RN
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Robin Norwood
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