Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 167933
RFE: net-snmp: don't remove the tkmib perl script
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:13 EST
Description of problem: The perl script tkmib is being deleted in the specfile. Right is it possible to include it in the binary RPMS as the perl Tk module is available in Fedora Extras. The script, if installed in its default location may pull perl(TK::*) modules which may need to be filtered. An alternate solution would be to ship it as doc. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): net-snmp-5.2.1.2-2 Actual results: The tkmib script is being deleted by the following line rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/tkmib in the specfile. Expected results: Ship the tkmib script in the net-snmp binary RPMS. Additional info: The perl Tk package is available in Fedora Extras for FC-3, FC-4, and devel.
This can't be added into core package. The tkmib scripts need perl Tk module and we can't require a package from extras to be installed for a core package. Would be better to seperate a tkmib scripts from net-snmp and create new extras package for it.
Radek, I re-opened this ticket because it can be done: you only need to filter the perl(Tk* requirements. For a good example of filtering perl modules see the samba package: 1) from the samba specfile ... # Don't depend on Net::LDAP Source999: filter-requires-samba.sh ... # Working around perl dependency problem from docs %define __perl_requires %{SOURCE999} ... 2) the samba filter script (SOURCE999) ---------- #!/bin/sh /usr/lib/rpm/perl.req $* | grep -E -v '(Net::LDAP|Crypt::SmbHash|CGI)' ---------- /jpo
REOPENED status has been deprecated. ASSIGNED with keyword of Reopened is preferred.
With FC7 core and extras being merged - is this still an issue?
Yes. There are several files being removed in the specfile (one of them being tkmib). Net-snmp specfile ----------------- ... rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/snmpinform rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/tkmib rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/snmpcheck rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man1/snmpconf.1* ln -s snmptrap ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/bin/snmpinform ...
The tetex packager solved a problem similar to this one several years ago (the texdoctk perl script). See the following files in the tetex SRPM package: * tetex-3.0-tkdep.patch * tetex-filter-requires.sh jpo
If I add tkmib to net-snmp-perl, I must add dependency on perl-Tk. There is no reason to hide the dependency, users expect that rpm resolves dependency correctly so they do not need to take care after it. And having net-snmp-perl dependent on perl-Tk is not something I'd like to have. Net-snmp-perl should contain just perl bindings. I know, there is already mib2c there, but it does not require any additional dependencies. I created new package - net-snmp-gui, where you can find tkmib. Please check, if it works and satisfies your needs (and there are no typos, I am not native speaker :). It should land to rawhide soon (net-snmp-5.4.1-5.fc9).
You can see the build at http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/net-snmp/5.4.1/5.fc9/ until it gets copied to rawhide mirrors.