Le 03/03/2013 18:36, Bruce Dubbs a écrit : > Pierre Labastie wrote: >> Although Armin seems to think otherwise, tzdata and >> XML::Parser are not parts of respectively glibc and >> Perl. So, if doing package management, they should be >> packaged separately. > For many years, tzdata was embedded into glibc. It is really data for > glibc to use with the zic command installed with glibc. I don't think > it makes sense to separate this from glibc. > > I really don't see the issue here that is different from the creation of > /etc/nsswitch.conf. > > If needed we can create a new remap="" attribute or perhaps reuse > remap="make". However, what we have now works fine for me. > > >> This is the reason why I'd like to separate the tzdata scriptlet >> from that of glibc and same for XML::Parser. > I take no position on this as it only affects the systemd branch, but > BLFS does have many modules on the same page. > > -- Bruce Following your advices, I abandoned the idea of packaging tzdata, and I managed to have XML::Parser packaged separately (hopefuly; I am testing now), whithout making a separate scriptlet.
BTW, with the ablfs tool, Perl modules are packaged separately. Pierre -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/alfs-discuss FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
