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)
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.
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.
> 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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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).
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.
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.