FS#40720 - [abs] Change PKGBUILD-perl.proto to have stricter depends()
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Arch Linux
Opened by Rob Hoelz (hoelzro) - Thursday, 05 June 2014, 20:01 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Saturday, 18 June 2016, 14:33 GMT
Opened by Rob Hoelz (hoelzro) - Thursday, 05 June 2014, 20:01 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Saturday, 18 June 2016, 14:33 GMT
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Details
Perl modules that involve XS (a C-like glue language for
building Perl modules that bind to existing C code) depend
on the major version (5.x) against which they were built.
This has the side effect that when a major Perl upgrade
happens in Arch Linux, almost all XS modules that were not
built against that same version (mostly likely those built
from the AUR) will break. I suggest that the depends line in
PKGBUILD-perl.proto change from this:
depends=('perl>=5.10.0') to something like this: # for pure Perl modules arch=('any') depends=('perl>=5.8.9') # or whatever version the module requires, consult META.yml # for non-pure Perl modules arch=('i686' 'x86_64') depends=('perl>=5.20.0' 'perl<5.21.0') This allows modules to work with minor version changes, while requiring a rebuild when a new major version of Perl comes out. I'm hoping this PKGBUILD template change would encourage users who submit PKGBUILDs to the AUR to have these stricter checks in place, resulting in fewer unpleasant surprises when other users upgrade their system perl and they use modules from outside of the official repositories. |
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Closed by Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Saturday, 18 June 2016, 14:33 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: No developers care about abs and we generally want it to die.
Saturday, 18 June 2016, 14:33 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: No developers care about abs and we generally want it to die.