Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 128535
.Package vim-enhanced needs /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi, this is not available.
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:46 EST
Description of problem: Seems to be a directory dependence on a particular version of perl This package dependency popped up before, that time it depended on version 5.8.3 of perl.. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@hoho2 user1]# rpm -q vim-enhanced vim-enhanced-6.3.014-1 This is version installed. yum is apparently trying to install an upgraded version of vim-enhanced. How reproducible: Has been there for about a week now. Popped up before with a dependency on a previous version of perl Steps to Reproduce: 1.yum -y --exclude=\*debuginfo\* install \* 2. 3. Actual results: [root@hoho2 user1]# yum -y --exclude=\*debuginfo\* install \* Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 2 - Development Tree Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers kernel-smp is installed and is the latest version. openssl is installed and is the latest version. glibc is installed and is the latest version. kernel is installed and is the latest version. Resolving dependencies .Package vim-enhanced needs /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi, this is not available. --- the rest of the output does not pertain to vim-enhanced, but --- it has been a problem for a few weeks.. Package katana-build needs katana = 1.0.4-4, this is not available. Package xalan-j-xsltc needs katana, this is not available. Package xerces-j needs katana, this is not available. Package commons-logging needs katana, this is not available. Package javamail needs katana, this is not available. Package ant-core needs katana, this is not available. Package ant-optional needs katana, this is not available. Package xalan-j needs katana, this is not available. Package ecj needs katana, this is not available. Package jakarta-regexp needs katana, this is not available. Package bcel needs katana, this is not available. Package junit needs katana, this is not available. Package jaf needs katana, this is not available. Package cup needs katana, this is not available. Package jlex needs katana, this is not available. [root@hoho2 user1]# Expected results: Additional info:[root@hoho2 user1]# rpm -q vim package vim is not installed [root@hoho2 user1]# rpm -q vim-enhanced vim-enhanced-6.3.014-1 [root@hoho2 user1]# which vim /usr/bin/vim [root@hoho2 user1]# vim --version VIM - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Jul 22 2004 05:03:23) Included patches: 1-14 Compiled by <bugzilla@redhat.com> Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +cryptv +cscope +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra +perl +postscript +printer +python +quickfix +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc" user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim" Compilation: i386-redhat-linux-gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE -I/usr/include/python2.3 -pthread Linking: i386-redhat-linux-gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE -L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lncurses -lselinux -lacl -lgpm -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE -L/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -L/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE -lperl -lutil -lc -L/usr/lib/python2.3/config -lpython2.3 -lutil -lm -Xlinker -export-dynamic [root@hoho2 user1]#
a compile time delpendency is being used on the SPEC file for perl, and therefore it is different based on the architecture being used. on x86_64 (from the fedora core3 test1) while trying to update perl : /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.4/x86_64-linux-thread-multi is needed by (installed) vim-enhanced-6.3.014-1 where 5.8.4 was the version installed on the system where the vim-enhanced package was prepared. changing on the SPEC the following line : Requires: %(perl -le 'use Config;print $Config{archlibexp}') for : Requires: perl fixes the problem, and provides the right install time dependency.
as detailed on bug 128524, a patch to configure.in would be also required in order to fix the compiled in dependency for libperl.so. as well as a way to fix the dynamic linking for libperl.so at runtime, most likely by adding an /etc/ld.so.conf.d/perl file which adds the right library to the path of the dynamic linker so it can get loaded as needed. this would be also a generic solution to any other package which depends on this library being found and switching the dependency tracking for this library to the perl package, where it belongs.
Warren added a check for compatible perl versions to the vim specfile. This should be fixed in the Rawhide versions.