Help me triage

[Peter Robinson]

>>>> # Is there a general policy around using perl in pre/post ?
>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462996
>>>
>>> There is no such policy.
>>
>> I wish there was a policy for not using perl in pre/post scripts. The
>> number of packages that use perl in a single line of the spec file and
>> don't require it as a general dependency hence pulling in all of perl
>> for nothing.
>
> Not been following this topic that closely. Are you referring to using perl
> for pre/post RPM package installation?

Yes. As per the RHBZ bug that's mentioned (and just been closed
because the perl script has been replaced with a sed script).

Peter