Re: [pcp] rpm and perl and packaging question

[Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/08/13 07:01, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> ... Getting the Spreadsheet::Read package into Fedora is
> another possibility; there's just some process involved.  Another
> solution could be to change pcp-import-sheet2pcp to rely on a more
> commonly distributed package.
nod ... but someone has to sign up for the work in either case.

> > The problem also seems to be unique to RH/Fedora as we don't see it on
> > the other platforms that PCP installs on.  [...]
> Do those other platforms distribute the Spreadsheet::* suite?  Or do
> they let the soft-dependency break upon usage?  These would benefit
> from your use -> require and warn change too then.
It varies.  All of the Debian derivatives and SuSE include the perl 
module in their package repositories.  For most of the others you need 
to talk to cpan for _many_ of the pcp perl dependencies, not just 
Spreadsheet::Read.  This is from memory (a big risk right there), as it 
is something I need to do once and then forget on each of my QA machines.