Theo Van Dinter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [19-07-2006 21:46]:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:38:54PM +0200, Radoslaw Zielinski wrote:
>> # These are the non-standard required modules
>> # Use the evals to avoid the annoying RPM requirement check
>> eval { use Net::DNS; };
[...]
>> Would someone bother to enlighten me: why break a dependency generator,
>> when it works exactly as intended?
> The problem is that sa-update, and therefore the modules that are solely
> required by sa-update, are optional. We don't want the spamassassin RPM to
> require perl(Archive::Tar), perl(IO::Zlib), etc.> Arguably, sa-update could be made into its own RPM, and therefore have its own > requirement list, but we haven't done that. Bug #5003. > Related is the problem of our > package names versus distribution's package names, and places like RedHat > "Obsolete"ing our packages because they want it done a different way, etc. It's RH's problem, if a problem at all. This *.spec is optional, after all... -- Radosław Zieliński <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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