Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes: > ilm...@ilmari.org (Dagfinn Ilmari =?utf-8?Q?Manns=C3=A5ker?=) writes: >> Note that Fedora aren't the only ones to do this: Debian also splits the >> Perl core dist into multiple packages. The crucial difference is that >> on Debian installing the 'perl' package gives you the whole lot, while >> on Fedora that's just a subset (similar to Debian's 'perl-base' >> package); you have to install 'perl-core' to get everything. > > Ah-hah. So it seems to me that it'd be a useful exercise to start > from perl-base and find out what has to be added to get to working > TAP tests. Anyone?
I disagree. The set of modules in perl-base is not guaranteed to stay the same across Debian releases: it's just whatever the Debian base system needs. Similarly, the split of modules between the perl and perl-core (and even indvidual perl-Foo-Bar) packages has varied between Fedora/RHEL releases. I think the other way would be better simpler: we require a complete Perl core installation. This means that on Fedora < 27 and RHEL < 8 you need to install perl-core, not perl. - ilmari -- "The surreality of the universe tends towards a maximum" -- Skud's Law "Never formulate a law or axiom that you're not prepared to live with the consequences of." -- Skud's Meta-Law
