On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Anand Buddhdev <anandb at ripe.net> wrote: > Dear CentOS hive mind, > > I'm trying to package up a perl module into an RPM for easy deployment. > I want it to be as self-contained as possible (to avoid version issues > with perl modules in base or EPEL). So in my spec file, I'm doing: > > curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus -L > %{buildroot}/opt/zonemaster Zonemaster > > This way, cpanminus is installed first, and then it goes on to install > the module and all its dependencies. In the %files section, if I do: > > /opt/zonemaster > > the RPM is also neatly packaged up. However, trying to install this on > another system causes errors: > > # yum install zonemaster-engine-1.0.13-1.el7.gii.x86_64.rpm > ... > ... > elided > ... > ... > Error: Package: zonemaster-engine-1.0.13-1.el7.gii.x86_64 > (/zonemaster-engine-1.0.13-1.el7.gii.x86_64) > Requires: perl(JSON::backportPP) > Error: Package: zonemaster-engine-1.0.13-1.el7.gii.x86_64 > (/zonemaster-engine-1.0.13-1.el7.gii.x86_64) > Requires: perl(namespace::clean::_Util) > Error: Package: zonemaster-engine-1.0.13-1.el7.gii.x86_64 > (/zonemaster-engine-1.0.13-1.el7.gii.x86_64) > Requires: perl(Moose::Conflicts) > > > Now, JSON::backportPP and Moose::Conflicts are part of JSON and Moose, > respectively. However, those specific modules hide themselves from > /usr/lib/rpm/perl.prov, by doing this: > > package # hide from PAUSE > Moose::Conflicts; > > and > > package # This is JSON::backportPP > JSON::PP; > > > This is annoying. Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this? Can I > get away with manually adding: > > Provides: JSON::backportPP Moose::Conflicts > > to the spec file? It looks like an ugly hack to me. > > Regards, > Anand > You can filter the generated Requies by defining filter pattern in the specfile of your package. Refer to: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:AutoProvidesAndRequiresFiltering#Perl > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >