Re: Request for help from binary packaging people.

2005-08-10 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Junio C Hamano wrote: > For Debian, we recommend lib*-*-perl packages. Do we need to recommend > perl itself as well, or is it the case that things that are covered with > the automatic dependency chain need not be listed? No, yes. ;-) What happens if the lib*-perl packages are not instal

Re: Request for help from binary packaging people.

2005-08-08 Thread Junio C Hamano
Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I take it to mean that we do not have to explicitly list perl >> module dependencies. If that is the case then I presume that >> the current dependency list is fine. > > That's correct. The only benefit to itemzing the package level dependency in > thi

Re: Request for help from binary packaging people.

2005-08-08 Thread Chris Wright
* Junio C Hamano ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ... Also, rpm is able to determine the perl dependencies > > automatically (of course, ditto for shared libraries). > > I take it to mean that we do not have to explicitly list perl > module dependencies

Re: Request for help from binary packaging people.

2005-08-08 Thread Junio C Hamano
Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... Also, rpm is able to determine the perl dependencies > automatically (of course, ditto for shared libraries). I take it to mean that we do not have to explicitly list perl module dependencies. If that is the case then I presume that the current dep

Re: Request for help from binary packaging people.

2005-08-08 Thread Chris Wright
* Junio C Hamano ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > For RPM, from my lack of RPM expertise (and RPM capable > environment until recently), I have not updated the "Prereq:" > field in git-core.spec.in at all. I would appreciate somebody > to sanity check the list of dependencies. The dependency list > D

Re: Request for help from binary packaging people.

2005-08-08 Thread Sergey Vlasov
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:38:44 -0700 Junio C Hamano wrote: > For RPM, from my lack of RPM expertise (and RPM capable > environment until recently), I have not updated the "Prereq:" > field in git-core.spec.in at all. That "Prereq:" should be "Requires:" instead. "Prereq:" also enforces installatio

Request for help from binary packaging people.

2005-08-08 Thread Junio C Hamano
I need a bit more help from binary packaging people. I have not heard from Darwin or BSD people for some time. Is your portfile up to date? Do you have updates you want me to include? Have we introduced non-Linux non-GNU incompatibilities lately that you want to see fixed and/or worked around?