please help: %doc causing extra dependencies ?

[Gabriel L. Somlo]

> How can I still add these things as *documentation*, without them
> causing my package to require PERL ? I've already tried removing
> the executable attribute on the files, but the package still ends up
> requiring perl...

OK, removing the executable flag works only on proper perl scripts. If
the file is a perl *module*, this won't help, since the relevant bits
of code from   /usr/lib/rpm/find-requires  don't care about
permissions, but rather about the '.pm' extension:


	# 
	# --- Add perl module files to perllist.
	for f in $filelist; do
	    [ -r $f -a "${f%.pm}" != "${f}" ] && perllist="$perllist $f"
	done


So, the only way to prevent the package from depending on perl would
be to rename the .pm files in contrib. I could do this, but it feels
like there should be a better way.

Maybe something like  'exempt all files listed as %doc from being
subjected to find-requires'  or something ?

Thanks,
Gabriel