[Bug 158354] [TESTING NEEDED] mod_perl 2.0.0

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Summary: [TESTING NEEDED] mod_perl 2.0.0


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=158354





------- Additional Comments From jpo at di.uminho.pt  2005-05-21 11:05 EST -------
(In reply to comment #6)
> ...
> Anyway, I don't really like the suggested "perl >= 3:5.8.6-14 (for CGI.pm 3.10)"
> dependency.  mod_perl does not need _any version_ of CGI.pm nor does it require
> Perl >= 5.8.6 as such.  For example, I have a huge mod_perl app at work that,
> well, is a real mod_perl app, it does not use CGI.pm for anything.
> 
> FC4 users will have a version of Perl installed that will satisfy the above
> dependency anyway, so "hardcoding" it will just make life slightly harder for
> example for folks who want to rebuild this locally on FC3.
> ...

That's exactly why the perl dependency should be there.  It would require ppl
building mod_perl in FC3 (and RHEL4, ...) to read the mod_perl and perl packages
changelogs before sucessfully installing it in ther distro.  They would be
warned that CGI.pm 3.10 comes _highly_ recommended.


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