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Re: git 0.99.9: Subversion importer breaks RPM generation (rpmbuild bug)

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RARyan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
Date
Oct 30, 2005, 22:28 UTC
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
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> The Subversion importer Perl script breaks RPM generation.  First of
> all, it introduces new module dependencies which don't exist in for
> example RHEL4.  The easiest way to deal with that is probably to fork
> off the subversion exporter into a separate package, but the really bad
> one is:
> 
> git-svnimport.perl:require v5.8.0; # for shell-safe open("-|",LIST)
> 
> ... which RPM thinks means that you need a Perl module called v5.8.0
> which doesn't, of course, exist.  This is arguably an rpmbuild bug, but
> it nevertheless breaks at the moment.

If you change that to the traditional statement of "require 5.008;", does it fix things up?

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  1. H. Peter AnvinOct 30, 2005
  2. Wolfgang DenkOct 30, 2005
  3. H. Peter AnvinOct 30, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2005
  5. Do not try installing SVNimport on RPMJunio C Hamano, Oct 30, 2005
  6. Ryan AndersonOct 30, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2005
  9. Chris WrightOct 31, 2005
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2005
  11. H. Peter AnvinOct 31, 2005
  12. Linus TorvaldsOct 31, 2005
  13. H. Peter AnvinOct 31, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2005
  15. H. Peter AnvinOct 31, 2005
  16. Martin LanghoffOct 31, 2005
  17. Linus TorvaldsOct 31, 2005
  18. Martin LanghoffOct 31, 2005
  19. H. Peter AnvinOct 31, 2005
  20. David LangOct 31, 2005
  21. Sebastian KuzminskyOct 31, 2005
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2005
  23. Package split: Debian.Junio C Hamano, Nov 5, 2005
  24. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2005

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