Description of problem: perli11ndoc script from perl-Glib-Object-Introspection package fails to work if no perl-Gtk3 is installed. Please consider adding runtime dependency on perl-Gtk3. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): perl-Glib-Object-Introspection-0.047-1.fc30.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. dnf remove perl-Gtk3 2. dnf install perl-Glib-Object-Introspection 3. perli11ndoc Actual results: Usage: perli11ndoc <library name>[::<element name>[::<element name>]] at /usr/bin/perli11ndoc line 31.
I'd rather recommend subpackaging the script. There is no reason why Glib should depend on Gtk.
(In reply to Petr Pisar from comment #1) > I'd rather recommend subpackaging the script. There is no reason why Glib > should depend on Gtk. From the user point of view it doesn't matter much as long as the script is usable out of the box. From the packager point of view you definitely right. AFAIU, there should be no problem doing something like %package -n perli18ndoc Requires: perl(Gtk3) Requires: perl(Glib::Object::Introspection) %files perli18ndoc %{_bindir}/%{name}
From user point of view there would a bloat of dependencies. Glib does not require X11. Gtk does. That's the reasoning.
(In reply to Petr Pisar from comment #3) > From user point of view there would a bloat of dependencies. Glib does not > require X11. Gtk does. That's the reasoning. I finally got your point now. You're right.
Created attachment 1614108 [details] A patch to address this issue Proposing the patch to address this issue. Also it narrows down some wildcards in %files in order to make /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Glib/ belong to perl-Glib only.
perl-gtk3 depends on perl-Glib-Object-Introspection to build
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I read the perli11ndoc code, and the dependency on Perl Gtk3 is intentionally optional. A GUI is only used if perli11ndoc is called without any arguments and Perl Gtk3 is available. Otherwise the program insists on specifying a GIR name and the GUI is never used. Hence the most suitable fix is adding a soft dependency on Perl Gtk3. Subpackaging perli11ndoc is still good because it's the only reason why XML::LibXML is needed. Because we did not see any word from the maintainer, I will do it in Rawhide.
Petr, thank you, `sudo dnf --allowerasing --setopt=install_weak_deps=1 install https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/perl-Glib-Object-Introspection/0.048/3.fc33/x86_64/perl-Glib-Object-Introspection-0.048-3.fc33.x86_64.rpm https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/perl-Glib-Object-Introspection/0.048/3.fc33/noarch/perli11ndoc-0.048-3.fc33.noarch.rpm` installs perl-Gtk3 altogether. Can you take a look at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1749132, please?