From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:59:54 GMT
Subject: Re: make rpm
Message-ID: <7v8xfvzxit.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <625fc13d0701211548j5f41d4eck49db2726e9c194c2@mail.gmail.com>

"Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@gmail.com> writes:

>> 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.

That's true, but I do not think we would want to officially
"Provide" it.  We ship a copy only as a back-up measure for
people building from the source, as Error.pm seems not so widely
deployed.