Re: %_rpmds_perldeps_cmd

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On Feb 21, 2007, at 1:28 AM, Frank Cusack wrote:

> On February 20, 2007 11:58:14 PM -0500 Jeff Johnson  
> <n3npq jbj gmail com> wrote:
> > On 2/20/07, Michael Jennings <mej kainx org> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, 20 February 2007, at 15:02:09 (-0800),
> > > Frank Cusack wrote:
> > >
> > > > When is %_rpmds_perldeps_cmd used (rpm-4.4.7)?
> > >
> > > IIUC, it's used as a fallback for rpmdsPipe() which handles the
> > > execution of dependency gathering scripts (perl, java, libtool,  
> > > etc.).
> >
> > Correct.
>
> I see that.  *When* is it used?  At install time if there are unmet
> dependencies?

rpmdsPipe() is used extensively by rpmdeps.c to look at dependency
closures on subsets like "perl(...)",  "libtool(...)", etc.

I implemented rpmdsPipe() using perl, the macro is likely unnecesssary
since I added a cmd argument. The expansion of %_rpmds_perldeps_cmd
will be substituted if the cmd arg is NULL.

I likely have some devel tools that still rely on rpmds_perldeps_cmd to
be set appropriately. I'll bulldoze when I get a chance ...

73 de Jeff