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Bug 793979 - Possibly unneeded runtime dependency on ExtUtils::Depends and ExtUtils::PkgConfig
Possibly unneeded runtime dependency on ExtUtils::Depends and ExtUtils::PkgCo...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-perl
Classification: Bindings
Component: Glib::Object::Introspection
unspecified
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk2-perl-bugs
gtk2-perl-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2018-03-02 07:46 UTC by intrigeri
Modified: 2021-07-05 12:22 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description intrigeri 2018-03-02 07:46:14 UTC 
Makefile.PL makes it clear that they are only needed at configuration time:
they are only listed in %CONFIG_REQ_PM which i *not* passed to
$meta_merge->{prereqs}->{runtime}->{requires}. But they end up as runtime
dependencies in META.{yml,json} anyway, perhaps because of:
    
      WriteMakefile(
        […]
        PREREQ_PM     => \%CONFIG_REQ_PM,
        […]
      );

… and then distro packaging tools that convert META.{yml,json} into distro-specific dependencies pick them up as runtime dependencies.

I've verified that a Perl app that uses Gtk3 (and thus Glib::Object::Introspection) works correctly without these two dependencies installed.

Could you please confirm that these dependencies are configure/build-time only and are not needed at runtime? If that's indeed the case, I'll try to (find time to) figure out why Makefile.PL adds them to runtime dependencies in META.*.

Thanks!
Comment 1 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-07-05 12:22:28 UTC 
GNOME is going to shut down bugzilla.gnome.org in favor of gitlab.gnome.org.
As part of that, we are mass-closing older open tickets in bugzilla.gnome.org
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Thank you for your understanding and your help.