Bug 672934

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Differences in dependencies between current RHEL-6 (5.54) and Fedora-15 (6.21, latest upstream) version:

-BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) perl(Test::More)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Carp)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Encode)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Exporter)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Module::Build) >= 0.20
+BuildRequires:  perl(Storable)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
+BuildRequires:  perl(YAML::Syck)
+# Tests only
+BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Inter)

All dependencies are satisfied by RHEL-6 except perl(Test::Inter). The Test::Inter module is needed only at build time to proceed upstream tests.

We can skip the tests (which I don't like) or we can import perl-Test-Inter package into RHEL-6 (that I prefer).


The perl-Test-Inter package requires:

BuildRequires:  perl(File::Basename)
BuildRequires:  perl(IO::File)
BuildRequires:  perl(Module::Build)
# Tests only:
BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Pod)
BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Pod::Coverage)

All perl-Test-Inter dependencies are satisfied by RHEL-6, the package is compilable and all tests pass.

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    New Contents:
Cause
    Current packaged version 5.54 contains various flaws
    including out-dated time zone definitions. Upstream
    moved to new API (version 6) and deprecated this old
    one (version 5).
Consequence
    The package would provide erroneous time zone data.
Change
    Package has been rebased to version 6.24 providing
    updated time zone definitions and new API. Old API
    is still provided but suffers from unfixable bugs.
Result
    Applications can obtain up-to-date time zone
    definitions and they can use new API (version 6) that
    allows to operate with time zones correctly.

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    Diffed Contents:
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@
     is still provided but suffers from unfixable bugs.
 Result
     Applications can obtain up-to-date time zone
-    definitions and they can use new API (version 6) that
+    definitions. They use new API (version 6) by default that
-    allows to operate with time zones correctly.+    allows to operate with time zones correctly or they can
+    use old API (version 5) explicitly by using
+    Date::Manip::DM5 module.

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    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1,17 +1 @@
-Cause
+Among other flaws, the previous version of the perl-Date-Manip package included outdated time zone definitions and an old API that is now considered deprecated. This update upgrades the perl-Date-Manip package to upstream version 6.24, which provides up-to-date time zone definitions and version 6 of the API. Users are still able to use the old API version 5 by explicitly using the Date::Manip::DM5 module.-    Current packaged version 5.54 contains various flaws
-    including out-dated time zone definitions. Upstream
-    moved to new API (version 6) and deprecated this old
-    one (version 5).
-Consequence
-    The package would provide erroneous time zone data.
-Change
-    Package has been rebased to version 6.24 providing
-    updated time zone definitions and new API. Old API
-    is still provided but suffers from unfixable bugs.
-Result
-    Applications can obtain up-to-date time zone
-    definitions. They use new API (version 6) by default that
-    allows to operate with time zones correctly or they can
-    use old API (version 5) explicitly by using
-    Date::Manip::DM5 module.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2011-1560.html