Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 823770
New: Bogus provides/requires perl(Autom4te::...)
Last modified: 2012-06-27 23:28:56 EDT
Description of problem: The autoconf-rpm in rawhide carries bogus perl(Autom4te::...) provides/requires: # rpm -q -provides -p autoconf-2.69-1.fc18.noarch.rpm ... perl(Autom4te::...) ... # rpm -q --requires -p autoconf-2.69-1.fc18.noarch.rpm ... perl(Autom4te::...) ... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): autoconf-2.69-1.fc18.noarch.rpm Actual results: The autoconf package provides/requires perl(Autom4te::...). Expected results: The autoconf package not to provide/require perl(Autom4te::...). Additional info: * AFAIS from autoconf.spec, the cause is its perl-module filter not having been updated to recent rpm conventions. The old filter, the spec still contains, now is dysfunctional. * The F17 package suffers from the same issue. * The F16 package in git would also suffer from this issue, if it was rebuilt. So far, however, F16 ships an F15-built automake binary, which doesn't expose this bug.
FYI: This issue has caused me to furtherly look into this package and has caused me to find further issues. I am currently working on a patch, which I hope to be able to propose soon.
Created attachment 586000 [details] Patch against autoconf/master This is before-mentioned patch. Besides this BZ, it addresses several further issues (C.f. %changelog). Scratch-build against rawhide: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4093680 Scratch-build against f17: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4093682
fixed in autoconf-2.69-2.fc18 and autoconf-2.68-4.fc17 thanks for your patch !
autoconf-2.68-4.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/autoconf-2.68-4.fc17
Package autoconf-2.68-4.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing autoconf-2.68-4.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-9596/autoconf-2.68-4.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
autoconf-2.68-4.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.