R SIG Fedora - Jul 2019 - Compress::Raw::Zlib no longer installed with Perl on Fedora 30?

Hi,

I had an issue report from a user of my WriteXLS CRAN package indicating that
Compress::Raw::Zlib is apparently not installed by default with Perl on Fedora
30.

Since this appears to be a new issue, I am wondering if one of the Fedora
maintainers on this list can confirm this and perhaps when the change may have
occurred.

If this is correct and not a Perl installation issue or other error, I may need
to add this Perl module to my CRAN package moving forward.

Thanks,

Marc Schwartz

> On Jul 23, 2019, at 1:04 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com>
wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I had an issue report from a user of my WriteXLS CRAN package indicating
that Compress::Raw::Zlib is apparently not installed by default with Perl on
Fedora 30.
> 
> Since this appears to be a new issue, I am wondering if one of the Fedora
maintainers on this list can confirm this and perhaps when the change may have
occurred.
> 
> If this is correct and not a Perl installation issue or other error, I may
need to add this Perl module to my CRAN package moving forward.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marc Schwartz

Hi,

A quick follow up pending confirmation.

In the course of a search this morning, I found the following page:

 
https://fedora.pkgs.org/30/fedora-updates-x86_64/perl-5.28.2-436.fc30.x86_64.rpm.html

which, if I read correctly, would indicate that perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib is indeed
required by the Perl RPM, so should presumably be installed by default, with
Perl.

It is not clear to me if there is a Fedora 30 install/upgrade scenario where
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib would not be present, but would defer to those with the
relevant knowledge.

Thanks for any insights.

Marc

I can confirm:

[spot at localhost ~]$ rpm -q perl --requires |grep Zlib
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib
perl-IO-Zlib
[spot at localhost ~]$ rpm -q perl
perl-5.28.2-436.fc30.x86_64

It would require either notable human intervention (or a canceled
mid-upgrade state) for a Fedora 30 system to end up with perl, but not
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib.

Thanks,
Tom

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 8:42 AM Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com>
wrote:
>
> > On Jul 23, 2019, at 1:04 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at
me.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I had an issue report from a user of my WriteXLS CRAN package
indicating
> that Compress::Raw::Zlib is apparently not installed by default with Perl
> on Fedora 30.
> >
> > Since this appears to be a new issue, I am wondering if one of the
> Fedora maintainers on this list can confirm this and perhaps when the
> change may have occurred.
> >
> > If this is correct and not a Perl installation issue or other error, I
> may need to add this Perl module to my CRAN package moving forward.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marc Schwartz
>
>
> Hi,
>
> A quick follow up pending confirmation.
>
> In the course of a search this morning, I found the following page:
>
>
>
https://fedora.pkgs.org/30/fedora-updates-x86_64/perl-5.28.2-436.fc30.x86_64.rpm.html
>
> which, if I read correctly, would indicate that perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib is
> indeed required by the Perl RPM, so should presumably be installed by
> default, with Perl.
>
> It is not clear to me if there is a Fedora 30 install/upgrade scenario
> where perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib would not be present, but would defer to those
> with the relevant knowledge.
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> Marc
>
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