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Re: make rpm

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JBJosh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 21, 2007, 23:48 UTC
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On 1/21/07, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> [Cc: git@vger.kernel.org]
>
> Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>
> > I just tried 'make rpm' and it died with:
> >
> > |rpmbuild -ta git-1.5.0.rc2.tar.gz
> > |error: Failed build dependencies:
> > |        perl(Error) is needed by git-1.5.0.rc2-1.i386
> >
> > Of course I have perl installed.  But what is that "perl(Error)" about?
>
> You don't have Error.pm perl module (in perl-Error package in Fedora Core).
> Git distributes it's own copy, but I guess rpm target requires to have it
> installed rather than provide it ourself.

If you really have your own copy, you can use Provides: perl(Error) or something similar.

josh
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  1. Nicolas PitreJan 21, 2007
  2. Jakub NarebskiJan 21, 2007
  3. Josh BoyerJan 21, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2007

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