+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #443024 +++ The current publican SPEC file has a dependency on the kdesdk package for the xml2pot and po2xml binaries. This requires GNOME users to install the bulk of the KDE system just to use Publican. I have submitted a patch to create a sub-package of kdesdk (443023). The patch attached changes Publican to depend on the new kdesdk-potools subpackage which means that GNOME user would only need Publican, this new sub-package, and QT, to create documentation. --- Additional comment from kms.uk on 2008-04-18 04:32:03 EDT --- Created attachment 302851 [details] Patch to SPEC file to depend on kdesdk-potools rather than kdesdk --- Additional comment from rdieter.edu on 2008-04-18 08:20:15 EDT --- In the meantime, instead of using Requires: kdesdk Consider using Requires: %{_bindir}/xml2pot %{_bindir}/po2xml instead (asap). This should ensure things continue to work before and after any split is done in kdesdk (which should be coming soon, hopefully). --- Additional comment from jfearn on 2008-04-20 23:49:21 EDT --- Changed requires and buildrequires to: %{_bindir}/xml2pot %{_bindir}/po2xml --- Additional comment from petersen on 2008-06-24 23:31:07 EDT --- I still see "Requires: kdesdk" in both devel and F-9. It can be replaced by kdesdk-utils for both of them or the above if you prefer. --- Additional comment from jfearn on 2008-06-24 23:42:40 EDT --- 0.34, where this bug has been fixed, is still being baked. --- Additional comment from stickster on 2008-07-13 11:35:29 EDT --- This can be fixed in the current (F-8, F-9, devel) package CVS -- it's just a specfile change and a new build and push. It doesn't need to hang on 0.34 being ready. I'm happy to do it, if that helps. --- Additional comment from updates on 2008-07-14 22:53:14 EDT --- publican-0.33-1.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9 --- Additional comment from jfearn on 2008-07-14 23:20:24 EDT --- Vote 1: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/pending/publican-0.33-1.fc9 Also built in devel and F8. However as kdesdk-utils is not available in F8 I did not push it as an update. --- Additional comment from jfearn on 2008-07-15 18:20:52 EDT --- *** Bug 455412 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** --- Additional comment from updates on 2008-07-17 10:16:41 EDT --- publican-0.33-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Uh, AFAIK, EL5 doesn't have the kdesdk-utils split (it was branched from FC6 and we made the split in F9) and is unlikely to get it.
Doh. so I'm bound to install >100Mb worth of packages including qt, a sound server and other assorted stuff onto a headless server along with a publican, scary...
FWIW I wouldn't install the EPEL version, it is ancient and can't be updated in EPEL due to newer versions requiring updated RHEL5 packages. In fact I will look in to the dead package process for EPEL4 and EPEL5 since this old version isn't being maintained and isn't compatible with the versions in Fedora or RHEL6.
As Jeff said, Publican has been unmaintainable for EPEL4 and EPEL5 for a long time now, so we've finally retired it from those branches. Sorry, Gianluca, but we can't fix this for you :(
Unfortunate but that's ok. I hope there is some kind of plan to make publica available (and maintainable) in EPEL6 or RHEL6
Hi Gianluca publican 2.1 shipped on RHEL6, adventurous souls should be able to build from trunk since there haven't been any dep changes ... yet :)