branching core packages?
Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com
Tue Mar 20 22:18:53 UTC 2007
Steven Pritchard wrote:
> It looks like perl-Archive-Tar isn't available in RHEL4, and
> unfortunately I need it for perl-Module-Build.
>
> What's the best way to get it available in EPEL? Submit it for a
> normal review? Wait until Core and Extras are merged in CVS so I can
> just request a branch?
>
> Steve
perl-Archive-Tar in EL-4 should match the EL-5 version. The old version
(from FC-3) is insufficient for several typical modern uses.
For example, spamassassin-3.1.8 ships in RHEL-4.5, but cannot provide
perl-Archive-Tar in RHEL-4 so users cannot use sa-update. RHEL4 does
not officially support the use of sa-update, but it seems to work if
users add the requisite perl modules. It is fine if they obtain this
from EPEL-4.
Copy perl-Archive-Tar from EL-5 to EPEL-4. Make sure rpmvercmp would
upgrade properly from EPEL-4 to EL-5's version. It'll work out.
Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com
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