Hello, I'm trying to help the BackupPC package maintainer for Fedora get the new version released and we're having an issue[1].
To quickly summarize: - BackupPC bundles two perl libraries: Net:FTP::AutoReconnect and RetrHandle. - Fedora, like some other linux distros, discourages bundled libraries. - RetrHandle seems to be broken[2] for all recent Perl versions . (Or at least doesn't pass it's tests) Therefore no BackupPC 3.2.x for Fedora. Two questions: 1. Why was Net::FTP::RetrHandle used when it appears to be so broken? 2. Is there a problem with just removing the modules and shipping a package without FTP support? Will that break anything? (other than the obvious) Thanks, Richard [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627373#c7 [2] http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/N/Net-FTP-RetrHandle.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ BackupPC-devel mailing list BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
