Re: perl-LDAP prerequisite for rpm packages

[Marko Myllynen <myllynen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 2016-07-12 23:25, Ken McDonell wrote:
> 
> I'm afraid you cannot simply do this ...

The commit message omitted the note I included with the patch email:

"Using Fedora/RHEL package names, hopefully ok."

This due to fact that I didn't check anything else outside of that
sphere. But ...

>     build: add to ds389{,log} RPM package dependencies
> 
> because perl-LDAP is not available as an rpm package for all platforms
> where we build PCP rpms, and in these cases we have the option of
> installing Net::LDAP via cpan so the PMDA works even when the rpm prereq
> is not satisified.

... which are these platforms? I wonder how realistic it is to expect
that someone is running 389 Directory Server on them.

Thanks,

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Marko Myllynen