perl + spamassasin dependency redux

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:54:07 -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:

> The latest perl and perl-suidperl 5.8.3-9 packages just posted to
> updates-testing trigger a familiar dependency problem:
> 
>   Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
>   spamassassin 2.63-0.2   requires /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1
> 
>   Please modify your package selections and try again.
> 
> The -0.2 spamassassin package fixed a similar problem on Feb 11.
> 
> Warren? Michael? Shrek-m?  Gentlemen, start your engines...

Well, no surprise that a Perl version upgrade done like this would break
such a dependency. Directory ownership within the "perl" package is still
incomplete, making dependencies on paths more fragile. Especially since a
version upgrade has been performed, and the version is a directory name.

While the previous perl-5.8.1-92 package owned just

  $ rpm -ql perl  |grep '\(site\|vendor\)'
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi

but not the vendor directories, the 5.8.3-9 is a version upgrade and
contains site and vendor directories

  $ rpm -ql perl  |grep '\(site\|vendor\)'
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto

but not the other supported directories of Perl modules built for
older compatible versions:

  $ perl -e 'print join("\n", @INC);' | grep -v 5.8.3 | grep 5.8
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1
  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0

Preferably, the perl package would include all these directories, too,
so perl module packages installing into them have a good home.

[...]

The original problem with the weak dependency of the spamassassin package
has not been solved and cannot be solved unless the Perl package provides
Chip Turner's suggested virtual capabilities _or_ implmements @INC path
ownership correctly.

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