does mc really require perl*?

Dan HorĂ¡k dan at danny.cz
Tue Sep 10 06:25:59 UTC 2013


On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 20:27:09 -0400
Felix Miata <mrmazda at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I did a TC5 minimal install last night, which omitted mc, my most
> used cmdline tool. So:
> 
> # yum install mc
> ... installing for dependencies:
> gpm-libs (which I never ever use)
> perl* (29 packages)...
> 
> Seriously? What does mc need perl for?

see /usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d


		Dan
 
> I installed mc plus gpm-libs with rpm --nodeps, and it works.
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