On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Matej Cepl mcepl@redhat.com wrote:
On 2008-09-30, 09:23 GMT, Peter Robinson wrote:
I wish there was a policy for not using perl in pre/post scripts. The number of packages that use perl in a single line of the spec file and don't require it as a general dependency hence pulling in all of perl for nothing.
File bugs and attach patches to .spec files. It shouldn't be that hard, especially for one-liners you mentioned.
I have been filing bugs, in a lot of cases I haven't had time to attach patches, but I have against a couple where they've been simple fixes.
Peter