[rhelv6-list] Perl update issue

[Prentice Bisbal]

Iain,

I had the same problem. I fixed it with an RPM macro, but I agree with
your point - I don't think RPM packages that are included in the distro
should be touching anything in /usr/local.

Personally, I'm not surprised with Red Hat's response, about 6 years ago
I found a bug with some perl script included in an update (it performed
some cron task). A google search found many, many other RHEL users who
encountered the same bug, and many of them posted patches to fix the
bug, too. A bug report was filed with Red Hat, but the bug was never
fixed, despite many users having provided a fix on the web. It
eventually was closed when then next release of RHEL came out.

Prentice


On 07/06/2011 05:26 AM, Iain Morrison wrote:
> Dear list,
>   I submitted a Bugzilla report on our issue with the latest perl update
> [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717565] but RedHat have
> responded with
>  
> "This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
> inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
> Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
> in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
> address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
> ask your support representative to propose this request, if
> appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
> exception in the current release, please ask your support
> representative."
>  
> Is this par for the course? The perl package is trying to chown folders
> in /usr/local which I don't think it should be touching, and this is
> stopping installation on any machines that don't have root rw access to
> /usr/local/. Is this not a bug?
>  
> [I know I can allow root rw access, apply the patches and remove rw
> access but that isn't the point.]
>  
> We have an Academic subscription so don't have a support representative.
> Is there anything else I can do? It looks like this relatively simple
> installer bug is never going to be fixed.
>  
> I'm a bit disappointed with the RedHat response.
>  
> thanks
>  
> iain
>