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Id: 37641
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  Sat Jul 12 20:15:37 2008 schmorp [...] schmorp.de - Ticket created
Subject: Gtk+ declares Glib only required for building
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:14:53 +0200
To: bug-Glib [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Marc Lehmann <schmorp [...] schmorp.de>
When install Gtk, CPAN asks: T/TS/TSCH/Glib-1.183.tar.gz is just needed temporarily during building or testing. Do you want to install it permanently? (Y/n) [yes] but this is wrong and misleading (Glib is required for Gtk even during runtime, of course). likely (I haven't looked into this) this is because its listed as build_requires, which is for modules needed only for building. -- The choice of a Deliantra, the free code+content MORPG -----==- _GNU_ http://www.deliantra.net ----==-- _ generation ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ Marc Lehmann --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / pcg@goof.com -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
  Sun Sep 07 14:20:29 2008 kaffeetisch [...] gmx.de - Correspondence added
RT-Send-CC: andk [...] cpan.org
On Sat Jul 12 20:15:37 2008, schmorp@schmorp.de wrote: Show quoted text
> When install Gtk, CPAN asks: > > T/TS/TSCH/Glib-1.183.tar.gz is just needed temporarily during
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> testing. Do you want to install it permanently? (Y/n) [yes] > > but this is wrong and misleading (Glib is required for Gtk even during > runtime, of course).
Oh dear, another CPAN installation problem. :-/ Thanks for the report anyway. Show quoted text
> likely (I haven't looked into this) this is because its listed as > build_requires, which is for modules needed only for building.
Actually, it's listed in 'configure_requires' which was advertised to me as *the* way to tell CPAN.pm about Makefile.PL-time requirements. But reading the META.yml spec[1], it turns out that dependencies listed in 'configure_requires' "are not required after the distribution is installed." Andreas: Could CPAN.pm suppress this question for dependencies listed in 'configure_requires' *and* 'requires'? Or is there another, better way to handle Makefile.PL-time dependencies? [1] http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-current.html#configure_requires
  Sun Sep 07 14:20:32 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Mon Sep 08 00:27:06 2008 andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR [...] franz.ak.mind.de - Correspondence added
CC: andk [...] cpan.org
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #37641] Gtk+ declares Glib only required for building
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:26:24 +0200
To: bug-Glib [...] rt.cpan.org
From: andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR [...] franz.ak.mind.de (Andreas J. Koenig)
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>>>>> On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:20:32 -0400, "Torsten Schoenfeld via RT" <bug-Glib@rt.cpan.org> said:
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> <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=37641 > > On Sat Jul 12 20:15:37 2008, schmorp@schmorp.de wrote:
>> When install Gtk, CPAN asks: >> >> T/TS/TSCH/Glib-1.183.tar.gz is just needed temporarily during
> building or
>> testing. Do you want to install it permanently? (Y/n) [yes] >> >> but this is wrong and misleading (Glib is required for Gtk even during >> runtime, of course).
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> Oh dear, another CPAN installation problem. :-/ Thanks for the report > anyway.
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>> likely (I haven't looked into this) this is because its listed as >> build_requires, which is for modules needed only for building.
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> Actually, it's listed in 'configure_requires' which was advertised to me > as *the* way to tell CPAN.pm about Makefile.PL-time requirements. But > reading the META.yml spec[1], it turns out that dependencies listed in > 'configure_requires' "are not required after the distribution is installed."
Yes, I did not write this spec but I intended to follow it. Show quoted text
> Andreas: Could CPAN.pm suppress this question for dependencies listed in > 'configure_requires' *and* 'requires'?
Yes, this is the way it should work. If it doesn't, it may be a bug on the CPAN.pm end. Which version of CPAN.pm was used? Show quoted text
> Or is there another, better way > to handle Makefile.PL-time dependencies?
No, as far as I can see at the moment, TSCH/Gtk2-1.183.tar.gz did everything right. I haven't yet reproduced the problem. Instructions how to reproduce it welcome. -- andreas
  Tue Dec 30 10:11:35 2008 kaffeetisch [...] gmx.de - Correspondence added
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #37641] Gtk+ declares Glib only required for building
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:11:22 +0100
To: bug-Glib [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch [...] gmx.de>
(Andreas J. Koenig) via RT wrote: Show quoted text
> > Andreas: Could CPAN.pm suppress this question for dependencies listed in > > 'configure_requires' *and* 'requires'?
> > Yes, this is the way it should work. If it doesn't, it may be a bug on > the CPAN.pm end. Which version of CPAN.pm was used?
I just tried to install Gtk2 with CPAN.pm version 1.9301 and I get the described message for each prerequisite (EU::Depends, EU::PkgConfig, Glib, Cairo): T/TS/TSCH/Glib-1.200.tar.gz is just needed temporarily during building or testing. Do you want to install it permanently? (Y/n) [yes] But Gtk2 lists those prerequisites under "configure_requires" and "requires": <http://search.cpan.org/src/TSCH/Gtk2-1.202/META.yml>.
  Mon Feb 02 13:49:54 2009 kaffeetisch [...] gmx.de - Subject changed from 'Gtk+ declares Glib only required for building' to ''configure_requires' dependencies considered temporary even if also listed in 'requires''
  Mon Feb 02 13:49:55 2009 kaffeetisch [...] gmx.de - Queue changed from Glib to CPAN
  Fri Apr 03 02:11:30 2015 ribasushi [...] leporine.io - Reference by ticket #103280 added