The perl.prov script contributed by rpm-build-4.3.3-11_nonptl doesn't know about the new "our" pragma, and thus fails to identify the version of perl modules that use it. As a result, rpm packages built on RHEL that contain perl modules using the "our" pragma won't have the correct version information embedded in the rpm package. Here's a succinct description of the problem: $ rpm -q rpm perl rpm-4.3.3-11_nonptl perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4 $ rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/File/Path.pm perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4 $ /usr/lib/rpm/perl.prov /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/File/Path.pm perl(File::Path) But if I use perl.prov from rpm-4.4.1-22 (from FC4): $ ~/perl.prov /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/File/Path.pm perl(File::Path) = 1.06 As you can see, not only are there already RHEL4 packages that are using it the "our" pragma, but the RHEL4 perl package is one of the packages that is using it! Conclusion: the RHEL4 rpm-build perl.prov script *must* handle the "our" pragma. If you diff the perl.prov script from rpm-4.3 and rpm-4.4, you'll see that that there's no reason not to simply backport the perl.prov from rpm-4.4 to into the RHEL4 rpm package. For that matter, the RHEL3 rpm package should get the backported perl.prov script as well.
Fixed upstream.
Alas, it doesn't look like the upstream fix is going to make it into U3, correct?
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NEEDINFO_ENG has been deprecated in favor of NEEDINFO or ASSIGNED. Changing status to ASSIGNED for ENG review.
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