On Jun 23, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Steve Huff wrote:

> hello folks!
> 
> git-1.7.1-1, currently in the repo, has an erroneous dependency on 
> 'perl(packed-refs)', which cannot be met because there is no such pragma or 
> module as packed-refs.  this bug stems from the overzealousness of rpm's 
> automatic dependency discovery.
> 

Technically its a packaging error from lack of QA on dependencies assertions
contained in a package.

Clearly noone tried to install the built package or they
would have seen the problem instantly.

Anthropomorphising RPM behavior is just a flimsy excuse to be lazy.

*shrug*

73 de Jeff
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