Bug 3016 - buildreq: "terminfo-extra" is included sometimes
Summary: buildreq: "terminfo-extra" is included sometimes
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Sisyphus
Classification: Development
Component: rpm-utils (show other bugs)
Version: unstable
Hardware: all Linux
: P2 enhancement
Assignee: placeholder@altlinux.org
QA Contact: qa-sisyphus
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Reported: 2003-09-21 23:14 MSD by Ivan Zakharyaschev
Modified: 2005-07-13 15:45 MSD (History)
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Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2003-09-21 23:14:36 MSD 
The compiltaion process may use the terminfo database, and so the generated list
of dependencies may include "terminfo-extra" if buildreq was called from a rare
terminal.

Simply automatically ignoring this dependency may not be the right thing, since
it is possible that the terminfo data is really required to build the package.

Perhaps, setting TERM to a simple value ("dumb") is a solution...


Packages involved:

$ rpm -qa rpm-utils terminfo-extra 'color*'
rpm-utils-0.7.0-alt1
terminfo-extra-5.3.20021019-alt1
color-gcc-0.6.0-alt2
colorifer-0.6.0-alt2


Steps to Reproduce:
The info for the terminal type of Emacs' shell/term is in terminfo-extra. Here
is how it gets into BuildReq's:

1. install terminfo-extra
2. emacs, M-x eshell RET
3. export TERM=eterm # "eterm" means Emacs' term
4. buildreq urlview.spec

Actual Results:  
# Automatically added by buildreq on Sun Sep 21 2003
BuildRequires: OpenSP libncurses-devel libtinfo-devel sgml-tools terminfo-extra


Expected Results:  
# Automatically added by buildreq on Sun Sep 21 2003
BuildRequires: OpenSP libncurses-devel libtinfo-devel sgml-tools
Comment 1 Dmitry V. Levin 2003-09-22 00:42:56 MSD 
Since hasher (more exactly, hasher-priv) defines TERM=dumb, probably packagereq may do 
the same without risk of break.
Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2003-09-22 18:46:02 MSD 
Implemented in -0.7.1-alt1