546014 – dev-perl/MongoDB should not DEPEND="test? ( virtual/perl-threads )"

Bug 546014 - dev-perl/MongoDB should not DEPEND="test? ( virtual/perl-threads )"

Summary: dev-perl/MongoDB should not DEPEND="test? ( virtual/perl-threads )"

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Development (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Tony Vroon (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2015-04-09 02:14 UTC by Kent Fredric (IRC: kent\n) (RETIRED)
Modified:	2015-04-28 10:52 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Kent Fredric (IRC: kent\n) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-04-09 02:14:02 UTC

As with bug #545998 , the requirement to have virtual/perl-threads ( and thus, a threaded perl ) is not necessary for actually testing MongoDB.

MongoDB itself does not require threads.pm at any point, and the tests pertaining to threads only load if $Config{useithreads}

However, unlike bug #545998, MongoDB does not expose any functionality which might in its own require a user to install threads.

So nuking this dependency summarily is probably adequate.

If you really wanted to you could delete those files ... but YAGNI.

Benefits: People can test MongoDB without needing a threaded perl.

> http://grep.cpan.me/?q=dist%3A^MongoDB%24+threads

Comment 1 Kent Fredric (IRC: kent\n) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-04-18 01:10:06 UTC

Sorry for the incorrect initial assignment.

Comment 2 Tony Vroon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-04-28 10:52:38 UTC

+  28 Apr 2015; Tony Vroon <chainsaw@gentoo.org> MongoDB-0.708.0.0.ebuild:
+  Remove incorrect dependency on threaded Perl for test suite, as per Kent
+  Fedric in bug #546014.