Re: Dependencies of xstream

Hi all,

there are no Requires: or BuildRequires: on jetty5 in
xstream-1.3.1-1jpp.

The dependency reported by yum must be an indirect (i.e. virtual) one,
but I am unable to reproduce.

@Boris: would you still be able to report on the dependency chain?

Cheers

Ralph


On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 10:36 -0500, Fernando Nasser wrote:
> Boris Folgmann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm currently rebuilding the paypal-nvp-java-sdk which requires xstream.
> >
> > yum install xstream is not a problem, but its dependencies are:
> >
> > jakarta-commons-lang              noarch       2.1-7.jpp5 
> > jakarta-commons-transaction       noarch       1.1-9.jpp5
> > jakarta-slide-webdavclient        noarch       2.1-8.jpp5
> > jettison                          noarch       1.0.1-2.jpp5 
> > jetty5                            noarch       5.1.14-6.jpp5 
> > joda-time                         noarch       1.5.2-1jpp
> >
> > Is it really necessary to install a complete servlet container for 
> > using xstream?
> I bet it is for tests.  It should perhaps be a BuildRequires, but not a 
> Requires.
> 
> Even if there is something (a tool?) that needs it at runtime we usually 
> make these Optional and add a note in the %description (actually a tool 
> should be in a separate subpackage). I don't think this is even the case 
> for xstream, it is probably a test dependency only.
> 
> I cannot do anything about it today, perhaps I can try and rebuild this 
> tomorrow morning.
> 
> Best regards,
> Fernando
> 
> >
> > The package info starts with:
> > "XStream is a simple library ..."
> >               ^^^^^^
> >
> > Best regards,
> >     boris
> >
> >
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