why does perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker depend on systemtap-sdt-devel?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  possibly admitting my ignorance, but why does installing
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker drag in systemtap-sdt-devel? i see no logical
connection, and i don't even have any systemtap packages installed.

  i ask since i'm working with a software package that fails to
configure properly if the header file "sys/sdt.h" is installed on the
development system, but it needs the MakeMaker package, so i'm in a
bit of a dilemma.

rday

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