Bug 2283026

Summary:	SpamAssassin requires a whole build-environment with gcc, *-srpm-macros etc. on run-time
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Robert Scheck <redhat-bugzilla>
Component:	spamassassin	Assignee:	Kevin Fenzi <kevin>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	42	CC:	jskarvad, kevin, nb, pavel, yaroslav
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Bug Blocks:	2283020

Description Robert Scheck 2024-05-23 17:07:17 UTC

'dnf install spamassassin' requires a whole build-environment with gcc, *-srpm-macros etc. on run-time, which seems strange:

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Package                            Arch   Version              Repository      Size
Installing:                                                                        
 spamassassin                      x86_64 4.0.1-2.fc41         rawhide      4.5 MiB
Installing dependencies:                                                           
 add-determinism                   x86_64 0.2.0-8.fc41         rawhide      2.6 MiB
 add-determinism-nopython          x86_64 0.2.0-8.fc41         rawhide      2.5 MiB
 annobin-docs                      noarch 12.54-2.fc41         rawhide     96.2 KiB
 annobin-plugin-gcc                x86_64 12.54-2.fc41         rawhide    974.4 KiB
 ansible-srpm-macros               noarch 1-15.fc41            rawhide     35.7 KiB
 binutils                          x86_64 2.42.50-11.fc41      rawhide     27.5 MiB
 binutils-gold                     x86_64 2.42.50-11.fc41      rawhide      2.0 MiB
 build-reproducibility-srpm-macros noarch 0.2.0-8.fc41         rawhide    769.0   B
 cpp                               x86_64 14.1.1-1.fc41        rawhide     35.0 MiB
 dbus                              x86_64 1:1.14.10-3.fc40     rawhide      0.0   B
 dbus-broker                       x86_64 36-2.fc41            rawhide    378.8 KiB
 dbus-common                       noarch 1:1.14.10-3.fc40     rawhide     11.2 KiB
 device-mapper                     x86_64 1.02.198-2.fc41      rawhide    348.2 KiB
 device-mapper-libs                x86_64 1.02.198-2.fc41      rawhide    410.7 KiB
 diffutils                         x86_64 3.10-5.fc40          rawhide      1.6 MiB
 dwz                               x86_64 0.15-6.fc40          rawhide    290.9 KiB
 efi-srpm-macros                   noarch 5-11.fc40            rawhide     40.1 KiB
 elfutils-debuginfod-client        x86_64 0.191-7.fc41         rawhide     64.9 KiB
 file                              x86_64 5.45-5.fc41          rawhide    103.5 KiB
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 forge-srpm-macros                 noarch 0.3.1-1.fc41         rawhide     39.0 KiB
 fpc-srpm-macros                   noarch 1.3-12.fc40          rawhide    144.0   B
 gc                                x86_64 8.2.2-6.fc40         rawhide    258.7 KiB
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 ghc-srpm-macros                   noarch 1.9.1-1.fc41         rawhide    747.0   B
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 glibc-gconv-extra                 x86_64 2.39.9000-18.fc41    rawhide      7.8 MiB
 glibc-headers-x86                 noarch 2.39.9000-18.fc41    rawhide      2.2 MiB
 gnat-srpm-macros                  noarch 6-5.fc40             rawhide      1.0 KiB
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 guile30                           x86_64 3.0.9-1.fc41         rawhide     52.7 MiB
 jansson                           x86_64 2.13.1-9.fc40        rawhide     88.3 KiB
 kbd                               x86_64 2.6.4-3.fc40         rawhide      1.5 MiB
 kbd-legacy                        noarch 2.6.4-3.fc40         rawhide    567.1 KiB
 kbd-misc                          noarch 2.6.4-3.fc40         rawhide      2.5 MiB
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 kernel-srpm-macros                noarch 1.0-23.fc41          rawhide      1.9 KiB
 kmod                              x86_64 31-5.fc40            rawhide    230.9 KiB
 libcbor                           x86_64 0.11.0-1.fc40        rawhide     73.9 KiB
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 libpkgconf                        x86_64 2.1.1-1.fc41         rawhide     74.2 KiB
 libpq                             x86_64 16.1-4.fc41          rawhide    943.8 KiB
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 libxcrypt-devel                   x86_64 4.4.36-5.fc40        rawhide     30.3 KiB
 lua-srpm-macros                   noarch 1-13.fc40            rawhide      1.3 KiB
 mailcap                           noarch 2.1.54-5.fc40        rawhide     86.0 KiB
 make                              x86_64 1:4.4.1-6.fc40       rawhide      1.8 MiB
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 perl-Archive-Tar                  noarch 3.02-6.fc40          rawhide    153.7 KiB
 perl-AutoLoader                   noarch 5.74-507.fc41        rawhide     20.5 KiB
 perl-AutoSplit                    noarch 5.74-507.fc41        rawhide     23.1 KiB
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 perl-Benchmark                    noarch 1.24-507.fc41        rawhide     36.3 KiB
 perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements       noarch 2.143-6.fc40         rawhide     81.1 KiB
 perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML               noarch 0.018-503.fc40       rawhide     50.2 KiB
 perl-Carp                         noarch 1.54-502.fc40        rawhide     46.5 KiB
 perl-Class-Struct                 noarch 0.68-507.fc41        rawhide     25.4 KiB
 perl-Clone                        x86_64 0.46-6.fc40          rawhide     32.4 KiB
 perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2           x86_64 2.212-1.fc41         rawhide     69.5 KiB
 perl-Compress-Raw-Lzma            x86_64 2.212-1.fc41         rawhide    124.9 KiB
 perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib            x86_64 2.212-1.fc41         rawhide    162.4 KiB
 perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum         x86_64 0.09-26.fc41         rawhide     87.3 KiB
 perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA            x86_64 0.33-5.fc40          rawhide     91.0 KiB
 perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random         x86_64 0.16-1.fc41          rawhide     45.1 KiB
 perl-CryptX                       x86_64 0.080-3.fc40         rawhide      1.7 MiB
 perl-DBD-Pg                       x86_64 3.18.0-3.fc40        rawhide    632.8 KiB
 perl-DBI                          x86_64 1.643-22.fc40        rawhide      1.8 MiB
 perl-DB_File                      x86_64 1.859-3.fc40         rawhide    192.9 KiB
 perl-Data-Dump                    noarch 1.25-10.fc40         rawhide     50.1 KiB
 perl-Data-Dumper                  x86_64 2.188-503.fc40       rawhide    111.7 KiB
 perl-Devel-PPPort                 x86_64 3.71-503.fc40        rawhide    889.3 KiB
 perl-Digest                       noarch 1.20-502.fc40        rawhide     35.2 KiB
 perl-Digest-HMAC                  noarch 1.04-10.fc40         rawhide     28.0 KiB
 perl-Digest-MD5                   x86_64 2.59-3.fc40          rawhide     59.7 KiB
 perl-Digest-SHA                   x86_64 1:6.04-503.fc40      rawhide    116.5 KiB
 perl-DynaLoader                   x86_64 1.54-507.fc41        rawhide     32.1 KiB
 perl-Encode                       x86_64 4:3.21-505.fc41      rawhide      4.7 MiB
 perl-Encode-Detect                x86_64 1.01-46.fc40         rawhide    181.1 KiB
 perl-Encode-Locale                noarch 1.05-29.fc40         rawhide     19.0 KiB
 perl-Errno                        x86_64 1.37-507.fc41        rawhide      8.4 KiB
 perl-Error                        noarch 1:0.17029-15.fc40    rawhide     77.2 KiB
 perl-Exporter                     noarch 5.78-3.fc40          rawhide     54.2 KiB
 perl-ExtUtils-Command             noarch 2:7.70-503.fc40      rawhide      9.6 KiB
 perl-ExtUtils-Constant            noarch 0.25-507.fc41        rawhide     85.8 KiB
 perl-ExtUtils-Install             noarch 2.22-502.fc40        rawhide     85.4 KiB
 perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker           noarch 2:7.70-503.fc40      rawhide    732.9 KiB
 perl-ExtUtils-Manifest            noarch 1:1.75-5.fc40        rawhide     84.8 KiB
 perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS             noarch 1:3.51-503.fc40      rawhide    399.1 KiB
 perl-Fcntl                        x86_64 1.15-507.fc41        rawhide     24.6 KiB
 perl-File-Basename                noarch 2.86-507.fc41        rawhide     14.0 KiB
 perl-File-Compare                 noarch 1.100.700-507.fc41   rawhide      5.5 KiB
 perl-File-Copy                    noarch 2.41-507.fc41        rawhide     19.6 KiB
 perl-File-Find                    noarch 1.43-507.fc41        rawhide     41.9 KiB
 perl-File-Listing                 noarch 6.16-3.fc40          rawhide     41.1 KiB
 perl-File-Path                    noarch 2.18-503.fc40        rawhide     63.5 KiB
 perl-File-Slurper                 noarch 0.014-5.fc40         rawhide     28.7 KiB
 perl-File-Temp                    noarch 1:0.231.100-503.fc40 rawhide    162.3 KiB
 perl-File-stat                    noarch 1.13-507.fc41        rawhide     12.7 KiB
 perl-FileHandle                   noarch 2.05-507.fc41        rawhide      9.3 KiB
 perl-Getopt-Long                  noarch 1:2.57-4.fc41        rawhide    144.1 KiB
 perl-Getopt-Std                   noarch 1.13-507.fc41        rawhide     11.1 KiB
 perl-HTML-Parser                  x86_64 3.82-1.fc41          rawhide    280.7 KiB
 perl-HTML-Tagset                  noarch 3.24-1.fc41          rawhide     18.6 KiB
 perl-HTTP-Cookies                 noarch 6.11-3.fc40          rawhide     73.3 KiB
 perl-HTTP-Date                    noarch 6.06-4.fc40          rawhide     41.1 KiB
 perl-HTTP-Message                 noarch 6.45-3.fc40          rawhide    214.6 KiB
 perl-HTTP-Negotiate               noarch 6.01-38.fc40         rawhide     27.6 KiB
 perl-HTTP-Tiny                    noarch 0.088-5.fc40         rawhide    152.1 KiB
 perl-I18N-Langinfo                x86_64 0.22-507.fc41        rawhide     25.6 KiB
 perl-IO                           x86_64 1.52-507.fc41        rawhide    151.0 KiB
 perl-IO-Compress                  noarch 2.212-1.fc41         rawhide      1.0 MiB
 perl-IO-Compress-Lzma             noarch 2.212-1.fc41         rawhide    214.9 KiB
 perl-IO-HTML                      noarch 1.004-12.fc40        rawhide     45.1 KiB
 perl-IO-Socket-IP                 noarch 0.42-2.fc40          rawhide     98.6 KiB
 perl-IO-Socket-SSL                noarch 2.085-1.fc40         rawhide    685.0 KiB
 perl-IO-Zlib                      noarch 1:1.15-1.fc41        rawhide     25.7 KiB
 perl-IPC-Open3                    noarch 1.22-507.fc41        rawhide     22.5 KiB
 perl-JSON                         noarch 4.10-5.fc40          rawhide    270.3 KiB
 perl-JSON-PP                      noarch 1:4.16-503.fc40      rawhide    141.7 KiB
 perl-LWP-MediaTypes               noarch 6.04-18.fc41         rawhide     78.9 KiB
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 perl-MailTools                    noarch 2.21-16.fc40         rawhide    203.1 KiB
 perl-Math-BigInt                  noarch 1:2.0030.02-3.fc40   rawhide    957.5 KiB
 perl-Math-Complex                 noarch 1.62-507.fc41        rawhide     85.0 KiB
 perl-Module-Load                  noarch 1:0.36-503.fc40      rawhide     14.8 KiB
 perl-Mozilla-CA                   noarch 20240313-1.fc41      rawhide      9.5 KiB
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 perl-Net-CIDR-Lite                noarch 0.22-10.fc40         rawhide     26.6 KiB
 perl-Net-DNS                      noarch 1.43-1.fc40          rawhide    864.2 KiB
 perl-Net-HTTP                     noarch 6.23-4.fc40          rawhide     74.5 KiB
 perl-Net-Patricia                 x86_64 1.22-38.fc40         rawhide     85.9 KiB
 perl-Net-SMTP-SSL                 noarch 1.04-24.fc40         rawhide      4.1 KiB
 perl-Net-SSLeay                   x86_64 1.94-3.fc40          rawhide      1.3 MiB
 perl-NetAddr-IP                   x86_64 4.079-28.fc40        rawhide    323.9 KiB
 perl-POSIX                        x86_64 2.13-507.fc41        rawhide    229.0 KiB
 perl-PathTools                    x86_64 3.89-502.fc40        rawhide    179.6 KiB
 perl-Pod-Escapes                  noarch 1:1.07-503.fc40      rawhide     24.9 KiB
 perl-Pod-Perldoc                  noarch 3.28.01-503.fc40     rawhide    163.1 KiB
 perl-Pod-Simple                   noarch 1:3.45-6.fc40        rawhide    559.8 KiB
 perl-Pod-Usage                    noarch 4:2.03-504.fc41      rawhide     84.7 KiB
 perl-Razor-Agent                  x86_64 2.86-9.fc40          rawhide    277.4 KiB
 perl-Scalar-List-Utils            x86_64 5:1.63-503.fc40      rawhide    145.5 KiB
 perl-SelectSaver                  noarch 1.02-507.fc41        rawhide      2.2 KiB
 perl-Socket                       x86_64 4:2.038-1.fc41       rawhide    124.0 KiB
 perl-Socket6                      x86_64 0.29-21.fc40         rawhide     54.6 KiB
 perl-Storable                     x86_64 1:3.32-502.fc40      rawhide    232.3 KiB
 perl-Symbol                       noarch 1.09-507.fc41        rawhide      6.8 KiB
 perl-Sys-Hostname                 x86_64 1.25-507.fc41        rawhide     19.9 KiB
 perl-Sys-Syslog                   x86_64 0.36-504.fc40        rawhide     94.7 KiB
 perl-Term-ANSIColor               noarch 5.01-504.fc40        rawhide     97.5 KiB
 perl-Term-Cap                     noarch 1.18-503.fc40        rawhide     29.3 KiB
 perl-Test-Harness                 noarch 1:3.48-3.fc40        rawhide    556.9 KiB
 perl-Text-Diff                    noarch 1.45-21.fc40         rawhide     82.9 KiB
 perl-Text-ParseWords              noarch 3.31-502.fc40        rawhide     13.5 KiB
 perl-Text-Tabs+Wrap               noarch 2024.001-1.fc41      rawhide     22.5 KiB
 perl-Tie                          noarch 4.6-507.fc41         rawhide     32.0 KiB
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 perl-Time-Local                   noarch 2:1.350-5.fc40       rawhide     68.9 KiB
 perl-TimeDate                     noarch 1:2.33-14.fc40       rawhide     95.0 KiB
 perl-Try-Tiny                     noarch 0.31-9.fc40          rawhide     66.8 KiB
 perl-URI                          noarch 5.28-1.fc41          rawhide    240.2 KiB
 perl-WWW-RobotRules               noarch 6.02-39.fc40         rawhide     24.3 KiB
 perl-base                         noarch 2.27-507.fc41        rawhide     12.5 KiB
 perl-constant                     noarch 1.33-503.fc40        rawhide     26.2 KiB
 perl-if                           noarch 0.61.000-507.fc41    rawhide      5.8 KiB
 perl-interpreter                  x86_64 4:5.38.2-507.fc41    rawhide    119.8 KiB
 perl-lib                          x86_64 0.65-507.fc41        rawhide      8.5 KiB
 perl-libnet                       noarch 3.15-503.fc40        rawhide    289.0 KiB
 perl-libs                         x86_64 4:5.38.2-507.fc41    rawhide      9.8 MiB
 perl-libwww-perl                  noarch 6.77-1.fc41          rawhide    520.4 KiB
 perl-locale                       noarch 1.10-507.fc41        rawhide      6.2 KiB
 perl-mro                          x86_64 1.28-507.fc41        rawhide     41.6 KiB
 perl-overload                     noarch 1.37-507.fc41        rawhide     71.5 KiB
 perl-overloading                  noarch 0.02-507.fc41        rawhide      4.8 KiB
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 perl-vars                         noarch 1.05-507.fc41        rawhide      3.9 KiB
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 procmail                          x86_64 3.24-6.fc40          rawhide    365.6 KiB
 pyproject-srpm-macros             noarch 1.12.0-1.fc40        rawhide      1.5 KiB
 python-srpm-macros                noarch 3.12-9.fc41          rawhide     50.5 KiB
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 rust-srpm-macros                  noarch 26.3-1.fc41          rawhide      4.8 KiB
 systemd                           x86_64 256~rc2-1.fc41       rawhide     15.7 MiB
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 unzip                             x86_64 6.0-63.fc40          rawhide    382.8 KiB
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 xkeyboard-config                  noarch 2.41-1.fc40          rawhide      6.6 MiB
 zig-srpm-macros                   noarch 1-2.fc40             rawhide      1.1 KiB
 zip                               x86_64 3.0-40.fc40          rawhide    703.2 KiB
Installing weak dependencies:                                                      
 cryptsetup-libs                   x86_64 2.7.2-1.fc41         rawhide      2.2 MiB
 gcc                               x86_64 14.1.1-1.fc41        rawhide    104.0 MiB
 kmod-libs                         x86_64 31-5.fc40            rawhide    143.2 KiB
 libbpf                            x86_64 2:1.4.1-1.fc41       rawhide    398.6 KiB
 libfido2                          x86_64 1.14.0-4.fc40        rawhide    237.8 KiB
 libxkbcommon                      x86_64 1.7.0-1.fc41         rawhide    332.4 KiB
 marshalparser                     noarch 0.3.4-8.fc40         rawhide     62.4 KiB
 perl-CPAN-Meta                    noarch 2.150010-502.fc40    rawhide    591.6 KiB
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 perl-PerlIO-utf8_strict           x86_64 0.010-6.fc40         rawhide     41.9 KiB
 perl-devel                        x86_64 4:5.38.2-507.fc41    rawhide      8.1 MiB
 perl-doc                          noarch 5.38.2-507.fc41      rawhide     10.7 MiB
 qrencode-libs                     x86_64 4.1.1-7.fc40         rawhide    160.9 KiB
 systemd-networkd                  x86_64 256~rc2-1.fc41       rawhide      2.1 MiB
 systemd-resolved                  x86_64 256~rc2-1.fc41       rawhide    667.1 KiB
 systemd-udev                      x86_64 256~rc2-1.fc41       rawhide     11.7 MiB
--- 8< --

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. dnf install spamassassin
Actual Results:  
SpamAssassin requires a whole build-environment with gcc, *-srpm-macros etc. on run-time

Expected Results:  
SpamAssassin does not require a whole build-environment with gcc, *-srpm-macros etc. on run-time

Comment 1 Robert Scheck 2024-05-23 17:09:19 UTC

In bug #2283020 comment #2, I already figured out that this is caused by 'perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)'. And Kevin let me know on the IRC that this is (somehow on purpose) due to sa-compile(1).

Comment 2 Yaroslav Fedevych 2024-05-26 08:35:30 UTC

It can be fixed trivially by splitting sa-compile off (it's not its only problem — the dependency on re2c is commented out since 2018 citing some package troubles which I doubt exist today; you have to install re2c yourself to make it functional), but it can make life complicated for those who actually use sa-compile and rely on it by installing just the spamassassin package. Imagine performing an innocent update, and now you are missing tools that have always been there. 

I believe Fedora has a protocol to follow in this case, I'm only fuzzy on the exact details. The gist is that the "spamassassin" package continues to provide the whole kitchen sink, and you can have something like spamassassin-core and spamassassin-sa-compile. Something similar was done to perl back in the day, the "perl" vs "perl-interpreter" packages, where one is barebone, and the other installs what you usually expect when doing a source install. (I don't remember which is which).

I have a private fork where I don't do this package renaming dance, and can confirm that just splitting sa-compile off makes dependencies much, much saner.

Comment 3 Kevin Fenzi 2024-05-27 17:51:51 UTC

I don't have much of a sense of how many people use sa-compile these days. Upstream actually talked about just removing it in 4.0, but decided it was working enough they could just keep it for now. It is however fragile and subject to breakage. 

I don't think we want to do a complex dance here. I think just moving it in rawhide and adding a f41 release note that it's moved would be sufficient. Especially given that it hasn't worked 'out of the box' since 2018. 

Filed https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/spamassassin/pull-request/17 to get feedback.

Comment 4 Aoife Moloney 2025-02-26 13:03:03 UTC

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 42 development cycle.
Changing version to 42.