[oi-dev] perl module update questions

[Alexander Pyhalov]

Hi.


>> 1) I've found one or two cases like

 >>  oi-userland/components/perl/xml-simple/xml-simple-PERLVER.p5m

>> where the .p5m file contains an explicit dependency upon the
>> non-perl-specific metapackage:

>>        depend fmri=library/perl-5/xml-parser type=require

>> Should all of the perl-version-specific packages have this dependency
>> relation? 

Yes, all version-specific packages should depend on non-version-specific package, and that one should provide (and automatically provides) conditional dependency on version-specific package, I mean:




2) If I publish e.g. xml-parser, with my runtime/perl-530 installed,
there are 4 xml-parser packages generated:

        library/perl-5/xml-parser                         2.44-2020.0.0.1
        library/perl-5/xml-parser-522                     2.44-2020.0.0.1
        library/perl-5/xml-parser-524                     2.44-2020.0.0.1
        library/perl-5/xml-parser-530                     2.44-2020.0.0.1

What's the correct terminology for the first package
(library/perl-5/xml-parser)?  Is it a mediator?


3) many of the perl modules currently have a 'history' file.  This seems
to trigger some additional behavior from the publish target, apparently
via make-rules/history.mk.  In these cases, publish is generating an
additional versioned package and adding it to my repo.  The package
doesn't have any file contents, though, and it's flagged as "obsolete".

What's the purpose of all of that?

Is there anything I should be doing related to 'history' if I add new
perl modules or update existing ones?

I would like to follow the proper procedure for any modules I add or
update, but at least for 'history', I'm not sure what that is.  It doesn't
seem to be covered in the IPS dev guide, that I can find.

Thanks!

Tim
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Tim Mooney                                             Tim.Mooney at ndsu.edu
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North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164

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