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FS#29960 - [ratpoison] perl package

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mick (earnon) - Sunday, 20 May 2012, 21:02 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Friday, 25 May 2012, 17:36 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
The 'ratpoison' binary doesn't need 'perl' package (add this in optional depend).


Additional info:
* package version(s): 1.4.5-5


Steps to reproduce:
In a terminal, use the next command

[root@host ~]# pacman -Qql ratpoison | grep 'bin/[a-z]'
/usr/bin/ratpoison
/usr/bin/rpws

[root@host ~]# file $(pacman -Qql ratpoison) | grep -i perl
/usr/bin/rpws: Perl script, ASCII text executable
/usr/share/ratpoison/bindings/Ratpoison.pm: Perl5 module source, ASCII text
/usr/share/ratpoison/rpws: Perl script, ASCII text executable

[root@host ~]# ldd $(pacman -Qql ratpoison) 2>/dev/null | grep -i perl
nothing

[root@host ~]# ls -l /usr/bin/rpws /usr/share/ratpoison/rpws
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5046 Feb 24 10:49 /usr/bin/rpws
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5046 Feb 24 10:49 /usr/share/ratpoison/rpws

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Possibility to link one of this 'rpws' script
- This script is use for launch multi-workspace(desktop)

Possibility to add 'perl' in optional depend :
- perl (optional) for rpws command (multi-workspace)
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Closed by  Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Friday, 25 May 2012, 17:36 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  See comment.
Comment by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Friday, 25 May 2012, 17:26 GMT
Would it make any difference?

perl is required by openssl too, which is an indirect dependency of pacman (through libarchive).

I don't see any benefit to moving perl to optdepends, since everyone has it installed anyway.

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