Bug 1849458

Summary:	GNU Parallel rpm package on centos 7.7 / 8 are MISSING the env_parallel.* scripts
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora EPEL	Reporter:	Jamshid Afshar <jafshar>
Component:	parallel	Assignee:	Colin Walters <walters>
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Version:	epel7	CC:	hladky.jiri, packages, rosset.filipe, walters
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Description Jamshid Afshar 2020-06-21 23:10:21 UTC

Description of problem:
Hopefully this is the right bugzilla product and Component. I originally misfiled in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1849433.

The GNU parallel (from epel-release) is an old version 20160222-1.el7 (2019 in epel 8) but the real problem is it is MISSING the env_parallel.* scripts that should be installed like
/usr/bin/env_parallel.sh
/usr/bin/env_parallel
...

The same parallel version gets installed in ubuntu:18.04 but it includes those files.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
20160222-1.el7

How reproducible:

Install it, notice missing files.

Steps to Reproduce:
$ docker run -ti centos:7.7.1908 bash # same with centos:8 and I'm sure official rhel
# yum install -y epel-release
# yum install -y parallel
# parallel --version  # works
# env_parallel  # Missing!
bash: env_parallel: command not found

Actual results:

bash: env_parallel: command not found

Expected results:
/usr/bin/env_parallel* are installed


Additional info:

Comment 1 Jamshid Afshar 2021-09-27 18:50:58 UTC

There has been no update from redhat or epel about this issue in over a year since it was filed. 

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2020-06/msg00007.html

FYI there is a correct rpm here but it is updated monthly so don't rely on it for build scripts.

https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tange/CentOS_7/noarch/

Sure wish RedHat/IBM/EPEL would just correct the package they maintain.

Comment 2 Filipe Rosset 2022-03-30 20:29:37 UTC

Fixed in latest builds:
69	+ %{_bindir}/env_parallel*
70	+ %{_mandir}/man1/env_parallel.1*