Description of problem: Testing fedora-review on package systemd-netlogd (bugzilla #1580121 but need some manual assembly) This specfile: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-netlogd/blob/master/systemd-netlogd.spec fedora-review fails building by default, complaints that can't find cc --version, gcc --version or clang --version, so I added a BuildRequires: gcc. Then fedora-review produced this warning: - All build dependencies are listed in BuildRequires, except for any that are listed in the exceptions section of Packaging Guidelines. Note: These BR are not needed: gcc See: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Exceptions_2 This doesn't seem to be correct, I find many packages that have BuildRequires: gcc and without it mock build failed. The URL didn't send me anywhere useful (instead, sent me to an "Exceptions" sub-section under "Filesystem Layout", which is probably not intended...) This other page suggests that C compiler such as gcc should still be listed explicitly: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:C_and_C%2B%2B#BuildRequires_and_Requires Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fedora-review-0.6.1-9.fc29.noarch How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Fetch https://github.com/systemd/systemd-netlogd/blob/master/systemd-netlogd.spec 2. Add BuildRequires: gcc to that specfile (otherwise it fails to build) 3. Fetch archive https://github.com/systemd/systemd-netlogd/archive/v1.1.tar.gz 4. Build SRPM (rpmbuild -bs ...) 5. fedora-review -n systemd-netlogd 6. See warning about BuildRequires: gcc should be dropped, which is not the case. Actual results: Warning that BuildRequires: gcc is not needed. Irrelevant URL used as part of the message. Expected results: No warning about it. And URL should be fixed for dependencies that are really not needed and implicit in mock (such as "bash"). Additional info: -
Yes, this changed in Fedora recently: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Remove_GCC_from_BuildRoot. fedora-review needs to be updated.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 29 development cycle. Changing version to '29'.
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