Bug 1217352

Summary: perl-Archive-Extract should have dependency on perl(Archive::Tar)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Paul Howarth <paul>
Component: perl-Archive-ExtractAssignee: Petr Pisar <ppisar>
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Fixed In Version: perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc21 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Paul Howarth 2015-04-30 08:15:09 UTC
Archive-Extract uses Archive::Tar (preferred to /usr/bin/tar) to extract tarballs but has no dependency on it.

Thus tangerine cannot compare tarballs without it:

$ tangerine --diff Devel-CheckBin-0.02.tar.gz Devel-CheckBin-0.03.tar.gz
You do not have 'Archive::Tar' installed - Please install it as soon as possible. at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Tangerine.pm line 145.
You do not have 'Archive::Tar' installed - Please install it as soon as possible. at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Tangerine.pm line 145.

(App::Tangerine is using Archive::Extract here)

Comment 1 Petr Pisar 2015-04-30 08:51:49 UTC
The issue with wrappers like Archive::Extract is that they allows to use pick up from many options what current RPM's dependency mechanism without virtual (=dummy packages) cannot. (Rich dependencies feature is coming but it's will take a lot of time until becoming allowed in Fedora.)

I understand that bailing out instead of getting some sane dependency is at least surprising. I will try to create the virtual packages monster and when it fails, I will just hard-code some sane default.

Comment 2 Paul Howarth 2015-04-30 08:56:32 UTC
What I found particularly surprising in this case was that there was no failover from the missing Archive::Tar to using /usr/bin/tar, which Archive::Extract *is* able to find. Upstream's documentation suggests that Archive::Tar should be tried first and then fall back to tar.

Comment 3 Petr Pisar 2015-04-30 09:16:15 UTC
> What I found particularly surprising in this case was that there was no
> failover from the missing Archive::Tar to using /usr/bin/tar, which
> Archive::Extract *is* able to find.

I tried it in Fedora 23. If tar is installed and perl-Archive-Tar is not installed, Archive::Extract works for me. But it still warns "You do not have 'Archive::Tar' installed".

> Upstream's documentation suggests that
> Archive::Tar should be tried first and then fall back to tar.

Yes, its funny module. Archive::Tar itself states that /usr/bin/tar is faster, so people concern about performance should use that.

Due to the warning I will set dependency on perl(Archive::Tar) unconditionally.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2015-04-30 12:39:52 UTC
perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-2.fc22 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 22.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-2.fc22

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-04-30 12:46:20 UTC
perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-2.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-2.fc21

Comment 6 Petr Pisar 2015-04-30 13:34:23 UTC
I made a typo (unxz vs. xz) what's fatal for yum (but not for dnf:). Should be fixed in perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc23 built.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2015-04-30 13:35:02 UTC
perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc22 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 22.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc22

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2015-04-30 13:35:20 UTC
perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc21

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2015-05-01 16:39:36 UTC
Package perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc22:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 22 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc22'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-7300/perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc22
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2015-05-08 07:30:11 UTC
perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2015-05-12 20:42:23 UTC
perl-Archive-Extract-0.74-3.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.