Summary: | dev-perl/Compress-Zlib has a dependency on perl-core/ExtUtils-MakeMaker | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Peter Koeleman <peter> |
Component: | [OLD] Unspecified | Assignee: | Gentoo Perl team <perl> |
Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | ||
Severity: | minor | ||
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | 2005.0 | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | All | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Peter Koeleman
2005-08-09 03:58:50 UTC
At this time, the minimal perl install (which is the only legitimate way to get perl without MakeMaker) doesn't support building additional perl modules. Its current intent is to provide a core perl intrepeter for running perl code through, especially during the building of a stage1 (not to be confused with stage1->stage2 builds). This isn't a missing dependency - its a case of USE=minimal in your flags. Oops.. Indeed, my USE variable contained "minimal". Using ufed I noticed the description "Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, fonts, most drivers, non-critical features)" and thought this might be a good thing to keep diskusage low on my server. It also breaks everyday perl usage so perhaps a warning in the perl ebuild might be useful to prevent users like me (who do not fully understand what the flag does) from breaking their perl module system. (I shouldn't respond to bugs before my first cup of coffee - makes for a grouchy mike) the minimal flag for perl is still young and fresh and could probably use some fleshing out - sorry this bit you the hard way :/ |