First off, if you think that this really unimportant stuff, please don't hesitate to ignore this message :-)
A couple of months ago there was a discussion about perl modules that exist in 2 versions:
1) as standalone packages 2) inside the perl580 package
The problem discussed was that some of these modules, when installed as their own package, might conflict with the perl580 package.
Based on JFM's suggestions (see
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ msg07481.html)
I had a look at the 20-some packages that he mentioned. I tried to find
out whether the packages have conflicts with perl580 at all, and if they
have, what the differences between the conflicting files are.
Since I'm not entirely sure what to do with the results, I send them to the list (cc to the respective maintainers) and hope for your comments.
In all cases, the only conflicting files were man page files in /sw/share/man/man3.
There are 3 result categories: 1) the package does not have any conflicts with perl580 2) the package has conflicts, but the conflicting man page files seem to be virtually the same 3) the package has conflicts, the conflicting man page files are significantly different
Again, based on how I understand JFM's comments, I suggest that we do
the following for each category:
1) leave everything as is
2) even though it's not strictly necessary, just to avoid confusion, add a
"Replaces:" field to the standalone module .info and the perl580.info
files
3) the same as 2), but here the "Replaces:" field is really necessary
Please comment. If I should examine additional modules, I'll be pleased
to do so. Whatever we agree on, we should then proceed to make all
the changes to perl580.info in one fell swoop :-). That's the main reason
for this message...
Cheers Patrick
Here are the results, sorted by maintainer, result type and package (including version/revision that I had on my system). I have enabled the 10.2-gcc3.3 tree.
Christian Schaffner - no conflicts: - attribute-handlers-pm (0.78-2) - cgi-pm (3.00-1) - file-temp-pm (0.12-2) - i18n-langtags-pm (0.28-2) - locale-maketext-pm (1.06-1) - template-pm (2.10-1) - time-hires-pm (1.51-1)
Dave Morrison - no conflicts: - digest-md5-pm (2.24-3)
Fink Core Group - conflicts with significant differences - file-spec-pm (0.82-1) - storable-pm (1.0.14-6)
Jeffrey Whitaker - no conflicts: - filter-util-pm (1.26-3) - conflicts with significant differences - filter-simple-pm (0.77-1)
No maintainer - no conflicts: - mime-base64-pm (2.18-3) - scalar-list-utils-pm (1.11-3) - conflicts without significant differences - getopt-long-pm (2.32-19) - libnet-pm (1.13-11) - test-harness-pm (2.26-2) - conflicts with significant differences - memoize-pm (0.66-2) - test-simple-pm (0.47-1)
Patrick Näf (myself) - conflicts without significant differences - text-tabs-wrap-pm (2001.0929-1)
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