[Bug 520530] New: cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.

Summary: cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530

           Summary: cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to
                    created rpms?
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 11
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: low
         Component: cpanspec
        AssignedTo: steve(a)silug.org
        ReportedBy: kernel(a)pkts.ca
         QAContact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org
                CC: steve(a)silug.org, fedora-perl-devel-list(a)redhat.com
    Classification: Fedora


Created an attachment (id=359330)
 --> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=359330)
cpan2spec -b HTML::Tree > /tmp/a

Description of problem:
I can't install HTML::Tree using the rpm generated by cpanspec, because it has
/usr/local/bin/perl as a dependency.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cpanspec-1.78-2.fc11.noarch
rpm-build-4.7.1-1.fc11.i586

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. cpanspec -b HTML::Tree
2. rpm -Uvh
/home/kernel/rpmbuild/SOURCES/noarch/perl-HTML-Tree-3.23-1.fc11.noarch.rpm
3. 

Actual results:
error: Failed dependencies:
 /usr/local/bin/perl is needed by perl-HTML-Tree-3.23-1.fc11.noarch

Expected results:
Painless install

Additional info:
The produced spec file doesn't have any reference to /usr/local/bin/perl, so it
may be rpmbuild causing the problem...?

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

[Bug 520530] cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530





--- Comment #1 from Penelope Fudd <kernel(a)pkts.ca&gt;  2009-08-31 19:05:11 EDT ---
Created an attachment (id=359331)
 --> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=359331)
perl-HTML-Tree.spec file from cpanspec

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

[Bug 520530] cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530





--- Comment #2 from Jason Tibbitts <tibbs(a)math.uh.edu&gt;  2009-08-31 19:12:34 EDT ---
Cpanspec doesn't do that.  More likely one of the scripts the package installs
calls /usr/local/bin/perl and RPM's automatic dependency generation sees that
and adds a dependency for it.

Grep through the installed files, see which one needs fixing, and add code to
the spec file to change /usr/local/bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl.  This is a normal
thing for you to have to do when creating an RPM.

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

[Bug 520530] cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530





--- Comment #3 from Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org&gt;  2009-08-31 19:13:06 EDT ---
It comes from here:

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/PETEK/HTML-Tree-3.23/htmltree

This script has a /usr/local/bin/perl shellbang and rpm adds a dependency for
it. Normal practice would be to edit this in %prep of the spec file and change
it to a %{__perl} shellbang.

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

[Bug 520530] cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530





--- Comment #4 from Penelope Fudd <kernel(a)pkts.ca&gt;  2009-09-01 12:58:43 EDT ---
As this is a normal practice, could it be added to cpanspec?

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

[Bug 520530] cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530


Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |paul(a)city-fan.org




--- Comment #5 from Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org&gt;  2009-09-01 13:49:11 EDT ---
It's normal practice to look at the generated RPM and fix problems manually;
cpanspec is intended to provide a sane starting point rather than a tool that
can generate correct packages for all perl modules. It does such a good job
that many modules don't need any manual tweaking but sometimes, as in this
case, such tweaks need to be made.

Now some of these tweaks could potentially be automated but there are
potentially lots of such cases. Another type of tweak commonly needed is a
manual dependency that needs adding, and it would be much more difficult to
automatically determine the need for these.

Is there some particular reason why you're trying to generate a perl-HTML-Tree
package rather than use the one in Fedora anyway?

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

[Bug 520530] cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530





--- Comment #6 from Penelope Fudd <kernel(a)pkts.ca&gt;  2009-09-01 14:14:06 EDT ---
Ok, now that I know about the requirement for tweaks I can cope with it.

The goal wasn't actually HTML::Tree, it was some other package (I forget which
at this point, but I'll probably trip over it later today) that wasn't in
Fedora.  I tried cpanspec on it, but it had dependencies.  So, in the haze of
perl-module-install fever, I just kept on doing cpanspec on the dependencies,
and on their dependencies, and so on and so forth.  Sometimes I'm alert enough
to try yum, but I'm also administering some Macs with fink, and rewriting
Some::Random::Module to perl-Some-Random-Module or some-random-module-pm588 or
some-random-module-pm586 is sometimes more than I can handle after the
hundredth time.

And then there's CPAN, which takes care of all dependencies, if I abandon rpm
package management.  I saw there's a CPANPLUS::Dist::RPM module that would
supposedly generate RPMs, but I couldn't get it to work last time I tried it.

I tell ya, this death-of-a-thousand-paper-cuts makes me want to quit and take
up a job running a laundromat.

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

[Bug 520530] cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530

--- Comment #7 from Bug Zapper <fedora-triage-list(a)redhat.com&gt; 2010-04-28 06:06:36
EDT ---

This message is a reminder that Fedora 11 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
and issuing updates for Fedora 11.  It is Fedora's policy to close all
bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained.  At that time
this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 
'version' of '11'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version prior to Fedora 11's end of life.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that 
we may not be able to fix it before Fedora 11 is end of life.  If you 
would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it 
against a later version of Fedora please change the 'version' of this 
bug to the applicable version.  If you are unable to change the version, 
please add a comment here and someone will do it for you.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events.  Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

The process we are following is described here: 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

[Bug 520530] cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530

Bug Zapper <fedora-triage-list(a)redhat.com&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |CLOSED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #8 from Bug Zapper <fedora-triage-list(a)redhat.com&gt; 2010-06-28 10:25:23
EDT ---

Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

[Bug 520530] cpanspec adds /usr/local/bin/perl as dependency to created rpms?

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional
comments should be made in the comments box of this bug.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520530

Steven Pritchard <steve(a)silug.org&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |NOTABUG

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.